With the brutal cold in the Kansas City metro this week, medical crews saw an uptick in exposure calls for issues like frostbite and hypothermia.

The cold weather is breaking the record books in Kansas. The National Weather Service, which keeps weather record information, and the KSN Storm Track 3 Weather Team have been tracking the arctic blast since it hit the state on Tuesday.

Snowfall ended after a winter storm that blanketed Kansas City with snow Tuesday moved eastward out of the region, according to the National Weather Service. While there may be some snow flurries at times on Wednesday,

An updated extreme cold warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 8:52 p.m. valid for Thursday between midnight and noon. The warning is for Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth, Nodaway,

Parts of the Kansas City region are under an Extreme Cold Warning until Thursday afternoon, with wind chills as low as 30 below. But the forecast for next week is significantly brighter.