Cloudy and cold this evening with light showers developing before midnight, turning over to snow after midnight

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Initially tonight, precipitation will be mainly light rain, but will change over to snow as it gets colder after midnight. The higher snow accumulations will be generally west of highway 183 and a 60 mile swath along interstate 80. There are winter advisories for counties within this general area. Snow accumulation of 2 to 3 inches can expected. Outside this area snow totals will be a dusting to 2 inches. For the Tri-cities we could see anywhere from a half of an inch to 2 inches depending on where the heavy snow bands line up overnight and into the day tomorrow. This chance will continue into Monday as temperatures will be slow to warm. Eventually high temperatures may only get to the mid to upper 30s and low 40s.

Precipitation should come to an end Monday late afternoon. With some partial clearing of skies, it’ll be the coldest night of the season so far. We will see a hard freeze for much of the area. Temperatures in the 20s will bring an end to the growing season for everybody. For now, we’ll go with mostly cloudy skies for Tuesday and Wednesday. Some more light rain and/or snow will be possible, mainly across Southern Nebraska and Northern Kansas. Highs will mainly be in the 40s on Tuesday and in the upper 30s and low to mid 40s on Wednesday. More sunshine should return on Thursday, but it remains chilly with highs in the 40s. Overnight lows most of next week will mainly be in the 20s, bringing an end to the growing season for all of the Local4 viewing area.

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