Dangerously cold temperatures and up to a foot of snow are moving into Kansas as a major winter storm takes hold across the state.

The winter storm currently gripping a large swath of the country will keep Memphis basketball team from returning home for a few days.

A winter storm expected to hit more than half the nation dumped as much as 7 inches of snow on western Kansas late Friday, Jan. 23, and early Saturday, Jan. 24.

Your windows and doors can let air in if they’re not properly sealed. One way to find out if your windows are allowing the cold air inside is to place a dollar bill next it. If it moves by a breeze, that means your window could use some weather-stripping.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - It is a clear and cold, but otherwise quiet morning across Kansas. Wake-up temperatures in the 20s will eventually climb into the middle to upper 40s this afternoon underneath mainly sunny skies.

Parts of Kansas are expected to see as much as a foot of snow Jan. 23-25 as a massive winter storm sweeps across more than half the nation.

Wichita is now under an “extreme cold watch” for the winter storm that is forecast to hit Friday and could impact the southern half of Kansas all the way to the east coast. It is also expected to bring 5-10 inches of snow.

Wichita Public Schools is evaluating potential school closures as a winter storm approaches Kansas, with Storm Team 12 forecasting 8 to 12 inches of snow in Wichita starting Friday afternoon through Saturday evening.

Wichita State faces the Memphis Tigers after Kenyon Giles scored 27 points in Wichita State's 77-60 win over the East Carolina Pirates.