coating parts of the midwest, concern about just how much ice these communities will get. back here live, you can see cloud over the gateway arch. the main threat for ice in the st. louis area has passed. there's a sense they dodged a bum et. it was not as bad as expected here in st. louis. the main ice threat now heads back west. oklahoma and kansas today, they're looking at more ice in wichita and kansas city in particular going into the evening. >> blake mccoy outside that iconic archway. thank you very much, blake. joining me for the big picture, meteorologist bonnie schneider. obviously two days into this, it won't be easing up for the folks out there anytime soon. >> no. of course it would be worse if we have strong winds but we have enough ice i'm confident we'll see these widespread power outages lasting for days in the worst hit arias which is kansas and oklahoma, and that is going to continue into the evening hours.