Lawrence is finally expected to see slightly warmer temperatures over the next few days, but there is a chance that the area will see freezing rain overnight Sunday into Monday morning.
Saturday’s forecast showed an overnight low of 6° with wind chill values between -3° and 2° into Sunday.
Sunday is expected to be partly sunny with a high near 32°, though wind chill values will still be between -1° and 9°, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Sunday night into Monday and Monday morning, Lawrence could see freezing rain, followed by rain Monday afternoon and evening. Lawrence has a 40% chance of freezing rain early in the day Monday, according to the forecast as of Saturday evening, followed by a 70% chance of rain Monday evening and night.
The high for Monday is expected to be 38°, with an overnight low of 32°, according to NWS. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph Monday, but the forecast did not indicate the dangerously low wind chill values will continue.
The forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday shows temperatures ranging from lows in the low 30s to highs in the low 40s. Rain is possible Tuesday night, Wednesday and Thursday, as of Saturday evening’s forecast.
See links to severe weather resources below.
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Severe weather resources
National Weather Service local office (Topeka):
• Find the latest weather forecast info and severe weather advisories for the Lawrence area at this link.
• In the event of rapidly changing severe weather, such as tornadoes, the NWS posts frequent updates on Twitter, @NWSTopeka. You do not need a Twitter account to see tweets from NWS.
• NWS is also on Facebook, facebook.com/NWSTopeka.
• Call 785-234-2592 to hear the forecast.
Douglas County Emergency Management:
• Follow @DgCoEM on Twitter or Douglas County, KS- Emergency Management on Facebook, facebook.com/dgcoem.
• Sign up to receive emergency alerts at dgcoks.org/emalerts.
• Find lots of tips on severe weather and other emergency preparedness on DgCoEM’s website at douglascountyks.org/emergency-management.
• Report storm damage (for non-emergencies only, and after storm danger has passed) via this form.
Evergy outages:
• Check the status of power outages on the Evergy outage map, outagemap.evergy.com.
• Report a power outage at evergy.com/report-outage, or call 800-544-4857.
City of Lawrence snow info:
• The city has snow information and a map at lawrenceks.org/snow that shows information about road conditions and snow plow locations. The city typically begins snow and ice control for residential roadways when 2 or more inches of snowfall or icing occurs.
Air quality:
• Check the current air quality index in Lawrence and elsewhere through AirNow, airnow.gov.
