UPDATED: Sunday, 3:31 p.m.
Weather officials continue to downgrade ice accumulations predicted for the Manhattan area. What was worried would be a repeat of the 2007 ice storm going into the weekend turned into significantly less as warmer than expected temperatures staved off what easily could have been.
Of course, Manhattan residents who remember the damage the 2007 storm caused — substantial tree damage and some homes without power for a week or more — the concern was justified.
Updated forecasts show light freezing rain through Sunday night into Monday. An Ice Storm Warning was issued Friday for much of the state until Sunday at midnight. Officials with the National Weather Service in Topeka say things can change, however, depending on a slight degree deviation above or below freezing. It was 33 degrees Sunday afternoon in Manhattan with a low of 29 degrees predicted for 8 p.m. Temperatures are expected to rise, though, back up to 33 degrees at midnight. A high of 38 degrees is forecast for Monday in the Little Apple.
#Ice Accumulation Amounts as of 3 PM Sun: 0.2″-0.5″ across portions of north central and east central KS. Watch out for slick roads! #kswx pic.twitter.com/WzWBM9bPFa
— NWS Topeka (@NWSTopeka) January 15, 2017
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