The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a freeze warning for our area tonight. The freeze watch is no longer in effect. The good news is that by the end of the week, high temperatures are expected to be in the 60s.

A freeze warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.

The freeze warning is in effect from 10 p.m. Sunday to 9 a.m. Monday and includes the following counties: Russell, Lincoln, Barton, Ellsworth, Saline, Rice, McPherson, Marion, Chase, Reno, Harvey, Butler, Greenwood, Kingman, Sedgwick, Harper, Sumner, and Cowley.

Temperatures are forecast to be in the lower 30s and are expected to be below freezing by early Sunday evening across central Kansas while much of south central and portions of southeast Kansas will experience a much shorter duration of below freezing temperatures.

Additionally, rain is expected to change to snow across portions of central Kansas today, especially along the Interstate 70 corridor. Snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches are possible in this area.

Here’s the long-range forecast for the Salina area:

Today
Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 5 p.m. Temperature falling to around 33 by 5 p.m. Breezy, with a north wind 25 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight
Rain and snow likely, becoming all snow after midnight, then gradually ending. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a north wind 18 to 23 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday
Sunny, with a high near 46. North northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday Night
Widespread frost, mainly after 11 p.m. Otherwise, clear, with a low around 27. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

Tuesday
Widespread frost, mainly before 9 a.m. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 58. West wind 6 to 9 mph.

Tuesday Night
Patchy frost after 5am. Otherwise, clear, with a low around 36.

Wednesday
Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 60.

Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 40.

Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 62.

Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 41.

Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 61.