A large winter storm system will move across the Plains States today through Tuesday night bringing a combination of rain and snow to parts of the region. Latest forecast adjustments have shifted the track of the storm north, which has taken an advertised tight snow gradient across northwest Missouri and moved it still farther north. This will limit the amount of snow received in extreme eastern Kansas and northwest Missouri to accumulations of a few inches or less. However, for those with travel plans heading north or west tonight through Tuesday, you may bump into blizzard conditions (snow and strong winds) across central Kansas into eastern Nebraska and Iowa. Locally, much of the event will be rain, which will start tonight. The far northwest corner of Missouri may experience a bit of a wintry mix late tonight into Tuesday morning, with the threat of snow persisting through Tuesday near the Iowa border. Much of the precipitation will likely end during the day Tuesday; though the exiting storm system might bring a widespread dusting of snow late Tuesday night to areas that had only received rain up to that point. Cooler temperatures will then prevail Wednesday with temperatures starting to warm back up Thursday.

Today
A chance of rain, mainly after 3pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 47. Light east northeast wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight
Rain, mainly after 9pm. Low around 40. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 14 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tuesday
Rain. High near 44. Breezy, with an east wind 11 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night
A chance of rain and snow before 9pm, then a chance of snow between 9pm and midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 20. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 31. Northwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 17.

Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 39.

Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 43.

Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.

Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.