Showers and drizzle over sub-freezing temperatures are resulting in a glaze of ice on any untreated surfaces this morning. Accumulations won’t be that high (another 0.1 to 0.15 of an inch) but the glaze of ice will make getting around today treacherous, especially this morning. Temperatures will warm a bit going into the afternoon hours, shifting the focus for freezing rain and/or drizzle in far northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas for the afternoon and evening hours. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: A chance of freezing rain before noon, then a slight chance of freezing drizzle between noon and 1pm, then freezing rain likely after 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 33. East wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Tonight: Drizzle likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 28. East wind around 6 mph becoming calm.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable.

Friday Night: A chance of freezing rain after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: A chance of freezing rain before 9 a.m., then rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 46. East wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 47.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 52.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.

Tuesday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

 

Cold temperatures, and a breezy north wind, will make wind chill values this morning a bit cold; and with temperatures this afternoon only expected to top out in the low 30s ice from Tuesday is not expected to melt much, unless the sun comes out from behind the clouds. Another round of winter weather is expected to move into the area this evening, starting a few hours after sunset with the bulk of precipitation falling after midnight, through Thursday morning. The highest snowfall/sleet totals will be near the Iowa border, with around an inch possible. Farther south not as much sleet or snow is expected, but with ice already on many surfaces and trees, it may not take much to start causing issues by early Thursday morning. Temperatures will warm during the day Thursday. So, while the day may start with wintry weather, what precipitation is left in the region by the afternoon hours will change over to liquid rain. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 30. North northeast wind 9 to 11 mph.

Tonight: Snow likely before 2 a.m., then snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain. Low around 24. East northeast wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Snow and freezing rain likely before 1 p.m., then a chance of freezing drizzle between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., then a chance of drizzle after 5 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 34. East wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of drizzle before 5 a.m., then a slight chance of freezing drizzle. Cloudy, with a low around 30. East wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: A slight chance of freezing drizzle before 7 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Light and variable wind becoming north northwest around 5 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of rain before midnight, then a chance of freezing rain between midnight and 3 a.m., then a chance of rain after 3 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain and snow before midnight, then a chance of snow between midnight and 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 49.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 55.