Lawrence Weather Watch

Over a foot of snow for some in Northeast Kansas

Here are some of the snowfall totals across the area: Barnes (Washington Co.): 15.5" Concordia (Cloud Co.): 14.3" Axtell (Marshall Co.): 14.2" Haddam (Washington Co.): 12.1" Lillis (Marshall Co.): 12" Blue Rapids (Marshall Co.): 12" Marysville (Marshall Co.): 11" Onaga ...

Winter Storm Wrap-Up

This winter storm certainly packed quite a punch, dumping a foot of snow in Corning, Kan., while leaving Lawrence with just shy of 3 inches of total accumulation. The first inch of snow came early Tuesday morning and most of that was quickly melted by the rain and sleet that fell during the ...

Much complexity to snow storm system expected on Tuesday

When you forecast for a large area of Northeast Kansas, winter forecasting is both fun and frustrating. Part of the frustration comes from the fact that storms like what we have on tap for Tuesday have more facets to it than can be conveyed in a brief web story or a short broadcast. So, ...

20 years ago’s cold … seems like only yesterday

I was telling someone about it today and realized that it's been 20 years now. Do you remember December 1989? If you were anywhere in the middle of the country and were old enough to remember, then you probably can recall how cold it was. Several area cities hit all-time record lows during ...

Feeling the chill

Over the past couple of days, we've been talking about this very cold air mass moving into our area, but not only are we dealing with cold air, the breezy conditions mean we also have wind chills to discuss. What exactly is a wind chill and how is it calculated? According to the American ...

Two jetstreams phased as one

If you paid much attention to the forecast over the last few days, you've likely noticed the big drop in temperatures expected later this week. That may be about the only thing that is fairly certain. It looks very likely that we will have much colder air not only move in, but settle in for ...