Enjoy the sun while it lasts; Another blast of winter snow is around the corner / LJWorld.com

Overnight weather for March 18, 2010

The temperatures will remain pretty mild this evening, hanging in the 40s. Clouds will begin to build Friday but temperatures will also climb into the mid 60s. Enlarge video

Don’t let Thursday’s sunny skies and 60-degree temperatures fool you. It’s not quite time to pack up the coats, hats and gloves.

On Saturday morning, a nasty Arctic front is expected to thrust Lawrence back into winter, bringing anywhere from a trace to two inches of snow.

While the storm’s bull’s-eye will be farther south, 6News Chief Meteorologist Matt Elwell predicts Lawrence could see snow accumulation on grassy surfaces and rooftops.

He is calling for rain and thunderstorms this evening and then expects the moisture to turn into a mixture of rain, sleet and snow in Saturday’s pre-dawn hours.

The snow will fall hard and fast, Elwell said, but warm ground temperatures should keep it from accumulating on road surfaces.

By the afternoon, the bulk of the storm should be over. And spring will return once again with warmer weather, like the day we saw on Thursday, back by the middle of next week.

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mickeyrat (anonymous) says…

Snow blows.
March 18, 2010 at 5:14 p.m.
thebcman (anonymous) says…

rain and thunderstorms THIS evening?
don't you mean tomorrow evening?
March 18, 2010 at 7:19 p.m.
riverdrifter (anonymous) says…

thebcman, that caught me too.
Eh, well, I just verti-cutted & overseeded the yard. Moisture is OK. I guess.
March 18, 2010 at 7:34 p.m.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…

No, no, no.

Finally got dry enough to use the skid steer without 8" ruts.
March 18, 2010 at 7:44 p.m.
blue73harley (anonymous) says…

Yes, this article must be talking about Friday night rain. Tonight will be dry according to Ch. 6. One more sunny day Friday before snow blows.
March 18, 2010 at 7:48 p.m.
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…

A trace to two is fine. It'll be melted before church on Sunday. However, a certain KC weatherman on the NBC station blogged about a trace to the biggest snowfall ever for KC. You can't beat prognostication like that.
March 18, 2010 at 7:53 p.m.
BrianR (anonymous) says…

Oh well, today was beautiful.

Damn groundhogs.
March 18, 2010 at 8:05 p.m.
George_Braziller (anonymous) says…

I'm so effing sick of snow and cold. Give me 85-90 degrees all year round.
March 18, 2010 at 8:18 p.m.
blue73harley (anonymous) says…

Okay, I am going to say it before someone else does...

Just a bunch of old farts talking about the weather!

(Kinda reminds me that I need to go to the barbershop.)
March 18, 2010 at 8:42 p.m.
riverdrifter (anonymous) says…

TOB, I saw & noted that from thet KC guy. It was like 17" or some damn thing, looking at his map. Oh well.
Blue73harley, it's back to annaunderwear's blog about what a stripper needs to wear, I guess, since there's nothing to watch on TV tonight. No, wait!
March 18, 2010 at 8:56 p.m.
melwellku (Matt Elwell) says…

By the way, that rain is for Friday, not for this evening.

Matt Elwell
6NEWS Chief Meteorologist
March 18, 2010 at 10:25 p.m.
Newell_Post (anonymous) says…

Snow during daylight savings time. That's just so wrong.....
March 18, 2010 at 11:03 p.m.
thebcman (anonymous) says…

so what's your snowfall prediction for Sat. Matt ?
i heard 2-5 on wibw this a.m.
March 19, 2010 at 12:11 a.m.