December 17-18, 2014 Snowfall

Tracking Winter Weather and Frigid Temperatures Through This Weekend

A clipper storm will move across the Great Lakes through this weekend with periods of light snow, gusty winds, and lake effect snow bands which could make for hazardous travel at times. A frigid airmass will spread eastward behind this storm into the Midwest and Eastern U.S. through the weekend. Read More >

First Widespread Snow for Northeast Kansas

On December 17, 2014 a storm system moved across the central plains. With the cold air already in place most of this event was in the form of snow. There was a brief period of sleet at the onset of precipitation. The snow and sleet began in the evening hours of the 17th in central KS and then spread northeast. The heaviest snow occurred between 9 pm and 4am with widespread 2-3" and isolated areas that received 4-6".

(Photos above courtesy of WIBW)