Tracking another round of snow chances and prolonged dangerous cold

TODAY: Thursday is mostly cloudy and dry, with temperatures again approaching 40, but landing in the upper 30s for many.

TONIGHT: Rain returns this evening, ahead of a quick moving low pressure system that will move in after the dinner hour. Rain begins as soon as 6-7 p.m. as spotty showers in the southwest, but development of better rain, and snow both come near the warm front of this system, north of Highway 24, closer to 9 p.m. This will ultimately fill in and lift north, not meaning much for accumulation locally. Our chance at snow largely waits until Friday afternoon.

EXTENDED: Friday morning, we'll start as rain, with temperatures warm, in the upper 30s. Then, as temperatures fall, it likely turns to sleet for a short period, before a quick transition to all snow. Accumulations of snow somewhere in mid-Missouri is likely. If we can't get any snow to accumulate with the first round of precipitation, then it becomes largely dependent on where the best snow rates come in this wrap around band that moves through mid-morning into mid-afternoon. Either way, expect temperatures to fall quickly through the day, and for lows to reach single digits by Saturday morning. This will be the most impactful part of this system. Wind chills could easily reach 10 below zero by Saturday morning. We'll have another glancing blow of snow on Sunday, where we could pick up more accumulation, but the lasting impact will be cold air that doesn't leave until the middle of next week. ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days have been issued for Friday through Wednesday morning next week for this dangerous cold. Highs are in the single digits or teens through Tuesday, with afternoon temperatures only recovering into the 20s on Wednesday. For all the latest, read our ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day Blog.