Dangerous wind chills are expected in Kansas City on Sunday through Tuesday, bottoming out between -10 and -20 degrees each morning.
Conditions are expected to remain dry and cold on Tuesday, which should be the coldest day of the week. Temperatures on Tuesday could remain in the upper teens in northern Missouri, while much of the Kansas City metro is likely to experience a high near 22 degrees.
The National Weather Service has lifted blizzard warnings for the metro area. Roads remain challenging across the region. High winds and earlier whiteout conditions forced closures on major highways,
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for parts of the Kansas City area beginning Thursday evening.
The developing storm system is forecast to bring heavy snow, crippling ice and severe weather across the country through the next three days.
A winter weather advisory is in effect from Thursday evening to Friday morning for parts of Kansas and Missouri.
Snowfall will gradually clear out overnight, with the final remnants east of Marshall and Sedalia by midnight. By 2 a.m., most of the region will be free of snow, although temperatures will plunge into the single digits, with some locations barely reaching double digits by midday.
The Kansas City metro is still digging itself out from a nearly-record 11 inches of snow that got dumped by a blizzard over the weekend. Roads remain icy and treacherous, however, and much of the city remains shut down.
The weather service says Kansas City has a low chance, less than 40%, of a dusting of snow and less than a 2% chance of seeing an inch of snow. Counties on the southern border of the Kansas City forecast area — Pettis, Henry, Bates and Linn counties — and surrounding areas are expected to see higher snowfall amounts.
The official reading at Kansas City International Airport was 11 inches, which marks the fourth-largest single-day snowfall total in KC history.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for locations south of the Kansas City metro. The advisory will be in effect from 5 p.m. Thursday to 9 a.m. Friday.