Winds will pick up into Sunday morning, gusting up to 35 MPH out of the south and warming us into the upper 70s in the afternoon. Clouds will also increase ahead of the chance for strong to severe storms late Sunday night. Storms are possible after 9-10 PM Sunday night and could last into midday Monday. All modes of severe weather are possible, but the strongest storms look to stay to our west.

We’ll be mostly dry through a cooler Monday afternoon, but temperatures will warm into the 80s on Tuesday. Spotty convection is possible Tuesday afternoon, but the best chance for widespread storms looks to be Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. This storm system could potentially be bigger than Sunday night’s again where all modes of severe weather are possible. Make sure to have ways to get and hear alerts at night for Sunday night and Tuesday night.

Thursday will be sunny, dry and a little breezy as temperatures only warm into the 60s. Friday has a rain chance late that could last into early Saturday. Temperatures are expected to be below average through Easter weekend.

Wednesday will be warm, cloudy & windy with gusts up to 45 MPH for all of us in a Wind Advisory. Rain will form later this afternoon, but most will stay dry until late tonight. Storms will develop close to midnight, and heavy rain, strong winds, frequent lightning and small hail are possible. The SPC has parts of NE Oklahoma in a slight risk for tonight, but the tornado threat should remain to our south. Rainfall totals will be between 1-2″ with locally higher amounts over SW Missouri where an Areal Flood Watch is in effect.

A wintry mix will form into tomorrow morning as temperatures fall below freezing. Higher ice and snow totals will remain along and north of Pittsburg, but all of us will likely only see a couple inches of snow and light ice accumulations. Still, this could create issues on the roadways Thursday.

Abundant sunshine will lead us into a warming trend this weekend. Enjoy it while it’s here, because rain chances are growing as we enter early next week.

A few inches of snow fell across the Four States overnight, but it is impossible to accurately measure exactly how much because of the wind blowing it everywhere. We’ll see a good amount of dry time through the late morning and early afternoon hours before the last round of snow picks up this evening. This batch of snow will be light, likely only adding an inch or two to our totals–a little bit more is possible overnight to our southeast. Clouds will start to clear as we enter into Friday with single digit lows and wind chills well below zero. Winds will begin to calm overnight as we enter into a period of calm weather. Temperatures will begin to warm into the upper 30s and lower 40s this weekend before nearing 50 by the middle of next week.

A wintry mix will persist through the mid-morning hours for most of us. Areas up near Nevada, Fort Scott & Chanute are already seeing snow–so those accumulations will be higher through this event. We should be mostly dry through the midday hours Wednesday before the second wave of precipitation starts later this afternoon. That one will see mostly snow through the Four States, only a wintry mix persist near the Missouri-Arkansas border. Everyone will see snow after midnight tonight, and it will be heavy at times. It is likely that we’ll go to bed with a dusting on the ground and wake up to several inches of snow tomorrow morning. Accumulations will likely be 4-8″ with higher amounts to the north and lower amounts to the south. We’ll be dry by Friday morning but cold with wind chills well below zero. We’ll warm up with some sunshine into the weekend and next week.