By Meteorologist Mark Larson KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

12:21 p.m. CST, January 10, 2013
This afternoon look for most of the measurable rain to push-off to the northeast leaving only clouds and a few sprinkles behind. Gray skies, damp ground and easterly winds will give us highs ranging from the lower 40s to around 50 degrees.

Friday will bring a mix of clouds and sun along with afternoon highs in the 50s and lower-60s statewide before another storm system begins to affect our area by Friday night into Saturday morning.

The late week storm could bring some patchy freezing drizzle or flurries to a few folks but the bigger weather story will be harshly colder temperatures. A very cold Canadian air-mass will descend upon Kansas behind this week's second storm system causing afternoon highs to plummet into the low to mid-30s this weekend and into early next week.

Wicked northerly winds will also drive wind chills down into the single digits and teens Saturday.

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Wichita Area Forecast:

This afternoon:  Any light drizzle ending then mostly cloudy.  Wind: SE 10-15.  High: 51.

Tonight:  Mostly cloudy; patchy drizzle/fog late.  Wind: E/S 5-15.  Low: 40.

Tomorrow:  Partly cloudy, windy, warmer.  Wind: S 20-30; gusty.  High: 63.

Tomorrow night:  Partly cloudy; colder.  Wind: S/NW 10-20; gusty.  Low: 28.

Sat:  High:  38   Partly cloudy, breezy and MUCH colder.
Sun:  High:  33  Low: 19   Partly cloudy to mostly sunny and cold.
Mon:  High:  35  Low: 16   Partly cloudy.
Tue:  High:  40  Low: 18   Mostly sunny.
Wed:  High:  45  Low: 22   Mostly sunny.
Thu:  High:  48  Low: 24   Mostly sunny.

 
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