First Warn Weather Day underway as we brace for multiple, wintry impacts
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Today is a First Warning Weather Day, our highest alert for impactful climate, as we observe a large number of impacts. These embody damaging wind gusts, potential snow, snow squall issues, remoted thunderstorms, and a pointy temperature drop.
SUNDAY MORNING:
The early morning hours are the one appropriate time for getting out and about right now. We’re beginning within the 60s, however breezy winds will energy a swift cool right down to the 40s within the late morning. By 10 am, wind gusts will improve quickly, with gusts as much as 50 mph doable.
We even have some rain and thunderstorm alternatives this morning, however they will be general tough to come back by. We’re maintaining rain and storm probabilities low at a 30%, with the best potential for rain and storms northeast of the metro.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING:
Around lunchtime, our day deteriorates additional. Winds proceed to strengthen into the afternoon, with gusts as much as 60 mph doable. Winds this sturdy can down tree limbs, trigger energy outages, and create hazardous driving situations, particularly for tall automobiles.
Behind the scenes, this wind can be powering a dramatic chilly crash. As temperatures sink into the 30s, we’ll watch as a line of wintry combine and snow approaches from the west. That might arrive as early as 2 pm this afternoon, leaving us with wintry combine probabilities all the best way into the night. Snowfall potential from this technique could be very low, particularly as a result of our grounds will nonetheless be fairly heat. A dusting of snow is the almost certainly final result, however remoted totals round an inch are doable, particularly north of Highway 36.
The major concern with right now’s snow is lowered visibility. As our snow potential grows, our wind tastes additionally strengthen. When snow and powerful winds mix, we can count on snow squalls that quickly cut back visibility. It just isn’t secure to be on the roads this afternoon and night, so full all journey and errands earlier than then. If you end up driving by way of snow, keep alert as visibility can drop from 1000’s to toes in seconds. If you discover visibility starting to drop, use your low-beam headlights, pull over, and brake slowly.
While damaging winds would be the most widespread affect right now, we will monitor potential rain and snow, temperature drops, and visibility issues.
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MONDAY: Impacts roll over into Monday morning, leaving us with a FIRST WARN to start out our work week. This is as a result of temperatures will backside out within the teenagers and winds as much as 30 mph will stick to us. As a end result, morning wind chills can be sitting at or under 0 levels. This is harmful chilly and permits frostbite to set in as little as half-hour. Minimize you and your loved ones’s exterior time within the morning, together with on the bus cease.
REST OF THE WEEK: We take pleasure in a swift heat up that’ll take us again to the higher 70s by Thursday! Spring arrives with a pleasantly heat stretch to finish the week.
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