Tim and Abby Hoffman walk their dogs Yuki and Skylar early Saturday afternoon in downtown Lawrence. Although most of us preferred to stay sheltered, the Hoffmans said Yuki, an Alaskan Malamute, and Skylar, a husky, were eager to get outside. They

Numerous fender-benders have occurred in Lawrence and the area, but as yet no injury accidents have resulted from ice-covered roadways on Saturday.

The sleet that started early Friday afternoon in Douglas County and continued overnight was the first of a triple threat of winter weather conditions visiting northeast Kansas this weekend. The second, snow, started Saturday morning in Lawrence and continued through Saturday afternoon. It will give way to extremely cold temperatures exacerbated by fierce northwest winds. The mix of snow, wind and cold has prompted the National Weather Service in Topeka to issue a winter weather advisory through 9 p.m. Saturday and a wind chill advisory for 9 p.m. Saturday until midnight Sunday.

Lawrence Police Department Sgt. Kirk Fultz advised caution despite the absence of injury accidents in the city overnight and on Saturday morning.

“Take it slow and don’t go out unless you have to,” he said.

The Kansas Highway Patrol’s latest crash logs have a lengthy list of injury accidents from across the state Friday and Saturday, but none from Douglas County.

Shawn Byrne, of the National Weather Service, said a heavy band of snow would start falling at about 4 p.m. Saturday in Lawrence and continue for a couple of hours. The band was about a “county wide” and was moving quickly, he said.

“Lawrence should see from 2 to 4 inches of snow, leaning more toward the 2-inch side,” he said.

It appears snow accumulations will be less than previously predicted, but the forecast still calls for frigid temperatures.

The Saturday midmorning high was 17 degrees, but temperatures are expected to drop below zero, with the overnight low forecast at minus 5 degrees. The wind chill is expected to drop to minus 15 to 20 degrees late this evening and overnight, Byrne said.

Sunday will be cold, with highs in the midteens and winds from 5 to 10 mph. The next slight chance of snow will be the morning of Dec. 24, Byrne said.