Heavy snow still headed toward Lawrence

Don’t let Sunday afternoon’s mild temperatures and light snowfall fool you — the big winter storm is still on its way.

The following cancellations have been announced for Monday:¢ Douglas County Senior Services¢ McLouth USD 342¢ Perry-Lecompton USD 343¢ Santa Fe Trail USD 434¢ Tonganoxie USD 464

The following events and church services were cancelled Sunday because of the weather:¢ Corpus Christi Church Junior and Senior High classes for Sunday night.¢ Lawrence Community Theatre Sunday matinee. Rescheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7.¢ First Southern Baptist¢ First Church of the Nazarene

“We’re going to have heavy snow,” said Ross Janssen, 6News meteorologist. “Right now, we’re thinking about four to eight inches of total snowfall, through the lunch hour on Monday.”

Janssen said Sunday’s high temperature was 34, which helped to keep streets from icing up.

“It actually hasn’t been half bad this afternoon.But it’s going to get worse,” Janssen said.

Sleet was falling in the early evening and had changed to mostly snow by 7 p.m., he said.

“We’ll have heavy snow from about 10 p.m. tonight to about 9 a.m. tomorrow. There will be some blowing and drifting tomorrow.”

Overnight, the temperature will drop down to about 28.

Temperatures will continue to fall on Monday, with northwest winds 12-24 mph. The winds will create windchill effects down into the teens. The high Monday will be about 24.

text Weather report from 6NewsWeekend weather updatesSunflower Broadband’s channel 6 will carry live weather updates about the storm at 10 p.m. Sunday.Any school cancellations for Monday will be announced at that time.6News will also carry any school cancellations beginning at 5:26 a.m. Monday.Return to LJWorld.com throughout the evening for any announced cancellations and more severe weather coverage.