‘Good snowman snow’: Expected snowfall totals for Kansas City metro bumped up a bit
Expected snowfall totals nudged up a little for the Kansas City metro area from a winter storm that’s moving through on Thursday and Friday, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
Between 5 and 9 inches of snow is expected in the Kansas City metro by the time the storm system moves out of the area, according to the weather service.
One of the key differences with this snowstorm when compared to others this winter is that it will be a longer snow event, Brad Temeyer, a meteorologist with the weather service, said during an afternoon briefing.
“We’re going to be looking at a prolonged period of 24 to maybe 30 hours of snowfall for any given point across central and northern Missouri,” he said.
Snow will likely begin falling after 9 p.m. Wednesday in far northern Missouri, slowly expanding and becoming more widespread overnight. In the Kansas City area, snow is expected to being falling between 3 and 6 a.m. Thursday.
Most areas will see 3 to 7 inches of snow. However a swath of higher snowfall totals are possible mainly in area bounded by the U.S. 36 highway corridor near St. Joseph to the north and the Interstate 70 corridor in the Kansas City area to the south, Temeyer said.
The snow is expected to have an impact on both the morning and evening commutes. The heaviest snowfall is expected to be concentrated Thursday morning, but there will be periods of snow throughout the afternoon and evening.
Travelers should check with their airlines to make sure airlines haven’t canceled any flights arriving and departing out of Kansas City International Airport.
The snow will mainly be a wet snow initially, but as temperatures fall, the snow at the end of the event will be a bit drier.
“Tomorrow morning would be really good snowman snow,” Temeyer said. “But then as it dries out, it would be more of a skiing snow.”
This story was originally published March 9, 2022 at 3:59 PM.
