Updated: Negative wind chills and single digit temps. What Wichita can expect this weekend
Updated at 5 p.m. Friday: A blast of Arctic air is expected to move into Wichita this weekend, bringing north winds, sub-zero wind chills and a chance of snow flurries.
Friday had a high of 48 degrees. The high Saturday is expected to be half of that, at 24 degrees and a low of 10 in Wichita, the NWS said around 4 p.m. Friday.
Saturday will also have a gusty northwest winds, with a wind chill of -1.
Wichita is expected to have a -3 degree wind chill Sunday morning, -1 degree Monday morning and -9 degrees on Tuesday morning, the NWS in Wichita said.
The coldest wind chills that day around central and southeast Kansas will be -18 degree wind chills in Russell and -16 degrees wind chills in Salina Tuesday morning.
Sunday should have a high of 22 and a low of 7 degrees, Monday a high of 21 and a low of 2.
Wednesday and Thursday will start to warm back up with a forecast high of 39 and 37 degrees, respectively.
Snow flurries are forecast for Monday, but no accumulation is expected, the National Weather Service in Wichita said.
This story was originally published January 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM.