Light snow, near-zero temps are coming soon

Thursday and Friday are probably not days you’d want to go licking any metal poles outside ? assuming you’re into that kind of thing. Highs temperatures are predicted to be in the mid teens.

The lows ? 1 degree, maybe colder, according to various weather forecasts.

With wind blowing Thursday, wind chill factors are expected to make it feel like it’s 15 or 20 degrees below zero, says Bob Frazee, an emergency management official for Ark City and Cowley County.

Some light snow is expected Wednesday afternoon and blowing snow is a possibility.

In other words, this crummy, bleak and cold winter weather is going to continue until at least Sunday.

Yay.