Students across Kansas and Missouri have not been in school since Dec. 21, as road conditions and cold made it too risky to return to classrooms after winter break. They're pitching in to shovel, building snow forts and,

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory from 5 p.m. Thursday to 9 a.m. Friday for portions of east-central Kansas and central and west-central Missouri. Counties included in the advisory are Miami County,

The weather service says Kansas City has a low chance, less than 40%, of a dusting of snow and less than a 2% chance of seeing an inch of snow. Counties on the southern border of the Kansas City forecast area — Pettis, Henry, Bates and Linn counties — and surrounding areas are expected to see higher snowfall amounts.

The Kansas City metro is still digging itself out from a nearly-record 11 inches of snow that got dumped by a blizzard over the weekend. Roads remain icy and treacherous, however, and much of the city remains shut down.

Here's how much snow the Kansas City metro received after the weekend snowstorm, according to the National Weather Service

The Kansas City metro area will see increasing clouds on Thursday with light snow expected late in the evening.