THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
TIMING…LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON SATURDAY…BUT THE MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SALINA TO NEWTON TO EUREKA.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS…ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
WIND CHILLS…OF -10 TO -15 ARE LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS…AND OVER MOST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY.
IMPACTS…TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED. IN ADDITION TO SLICK ROADS…GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT.
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Here is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
Today: Cloudy…breezy. Much colder. A chance of light freezing drizzle through the day. Highs 20 to 25. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent. Lowest wind chills around zero.
Tonight: Sleet…possibly mixed with freezing rain in the evening…then snow…possibly mixed with sleet after midnight. Breezy…colder. Snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches. Ice accumulation of less than one quarter of an inch. Lows near 5 above. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent. Lowest wind chills around 15 below after midnight.
Sunday: Snow likely. Colder. Snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches. Total snow accumulation 3 to 4 inches. Highs 5 above to 10 above. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent. Lowest wind chills around 15 below.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow in the evening…then mostly clear after midnight. Lows near 5 below. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
Monday: Sunny. Highs 15 to 20. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Lowest wind chills around 15 below in the morning.
Monday Night: Not as cold. Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 5 above to 10 above.
Tuesday: Not as cold. Sunny. Highs 35 to 40. Lowest wind chills around 5 below in the morning.
Tuesday Night: Not as cold. Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Wednesday: Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain or snow. Highs 40 to 45.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 25 to 30.
Thursday And Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Highs 50 to 55. Lows in the mid 30s.
Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.