(MSC News)--Portions of the local area have been placed under a Winter Weather Advisory from 6:00 Wednesday evening until 6:00 Thursday evening. 

The National Weather Service says included in the advisory are the local Kansas Counties of Brown, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall, Nemaha and Pottawatomie. 

Light to moderate snow will develop around sunset in central Kansas and progress east and northeast across the area in the evening and overnight hours. Accumulating snow should be ending during the day Thursday. However, freezing drizzle may develop Thursday as the snow tapers off.

Snow accumulations of one to four inches is expected, with the greater chances for heavier amounts being west of a line from Marysville to Emporia.

Less than one hundredth of an inch of ice from freezing drizzle is expected.