Snow Beginning In Metro Kansas City

Rather than "go on the air early" I'm 'staying up late' to update on the winter storm.


Snow began in just the past hour over southern Johnson county Kansas as well as southern Jackson and northern Cass counties Missouri.


As shown on this random tour of Overland Park traffic cameras- courtesy of the OP Traffic Department- a varied scene of beginning snowcover starting in the southeast on 151st Street near U.S. 69 highway with moderate snow and a noticable snowcover on 151st Street looking west from U.S. 69.


A little less snowfall on the pavement- but light to moderate snowfall according to this next camera view at Metcalf looking east along 135th Street.


No snow on the pavement at all yet on the last camera view from 75th Street and Metcalf- camera looking south- but flurries were falling.


Roadways here in south KC-MO were beginning to look like the 151st Street camera view in some places.

All weather radar activity is moving north- so those green shades south of Metro Kansas City will be moving in through the pre-dawn hours.

Expect one to two inches of snow south of the Kansas and Missouri rivers to the Cass MO and Miami KS county lines (more south- less north).

Totals from one inch decrease north of the rivers.

DUe to slick roadways- Friday drive-time will be slow- how slow depends on you drivers.

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