It’s looking more likely that we will get less of a winter impact from an incoming winter storm.
The latest guidance from the National Weather Service has heavy snow setting up for north-central and northeast Kansas along with blizzard or near-blizzard conditions. However, light snow is now expected along and north of the Kansas Turnpike — and little to no accumulation is expected now south of the highway.
As a result, Morris and Wabaunsee counties have been removed from a winter weather watch for Saturday.
Our forecast still calls for moderate rainfall, including possible thunderstorms, for much of Saturday before a late change to a rain-snow mix after sunset. Travel problems may be isolated in nature for Lyon and surrounding counties, based on the current forecast.
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6:15 am Friday: Rain and wintry mix, not accumulating snow, likely for most of KVOE listening area Saturday
The KVOE listening area will be impacted by a massive winter storm Saturday.
The question is just how much of our region will see heavy snow and, as a result, blizzard or near-blizzard conditions. Based on the current forecast, TV-13 meteorologist Doug Meyers says not much.
The area will see light to moderate rain for much of the day, up to 0.75 inches in some locations, and that includes chances of thundershowers or thunderstorms. Snow will then move west-to-east through the late afternoon and evening hours.
Currently, 2-4 inches of snow are possible for Morris and Wabaunsee counties in our area. Those counties are in a winter storm watch from Saturday afternoon to evening.
The rest of us currently could get up to 2 inches of snow, and as Meyers mentioned, some areas may not get any accumulation. Everybody will get wind gusts over 40 mph. And most of the KVOE listening area, Lyon County included, will see a wintry mix of precipitation between sunset and midnight — but Meyers says the strong winds could well act like a fan and dry out that wintry precip before it causes widespread icing.
Friday’s weather forecast is not so ominous, although we could have spotty freezing drizzle at times through mid-morning.
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