January 10, 2024 | Posted in News
AND NOW WE’RE TURNING BACK TO THE WEATHER. THAT’S THE BIG STORY TODAY. IT SURE IS A LOT HAPPENING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, AND IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE. SOME OF YOU ARE ALREADY SEEING ACCUMULATING SNOW, OTHERS OUT IN CENTRAL MISSOURI JUST TALKING ABOUT SOME RAIN. THIS IS A LOOK AT 69 HIGHWAY AT 151ST STREET IN OVERLAND PARK. WE’VE BEEN SEEING SOME PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ONGOING FOR THE PAST HOUR OR SO. IN SOME OF IT IS STICKING TO ELEVATED SURFACES. SO GRASSY SURFACES. FOR NOW, THE ROADS LOOK MAINLY WET. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRACK. IN FACT, OUR ROAD TEMPERATURE IS AT 34 DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING, THOUGH WE ARE RIGHT AT FREEZING THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS SITTING AT 32, SO NOW THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY, HERE’S WHAT TO EXPECT. RAIN AND SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. A MIX OF BOTH. IF YOU LIVE NORTH OF 36 HIGHWAY, IT’S MORE LIKELY YOU’RE GOING TO BE CONTENDING WITH THE WHITE STUFF THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS, AND WET AND SLUSHY ROADS ARE POSSIBLE. SO A COUPLE OF SLICK SPOTS, EVEN IN THE METRO. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. TODAY. TOMORROW IS A FIRST ALERT. ALERT DAY WHEN WE CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS. LOOK AT THE NORTHWEST. WIND 25 TO 30MPH SUSTAINED GUSTING TO 45MPH. THAT IS GOING TO CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SO IF YOU’RE SOMEBODY WHO HAS TO GO TO WORK TOMORROW MORNING, MAKE SURE YOU’RE GIVING YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME AND TAKING IT VERY EASY OUT THERE ON THE ROADWAYS. HERE’S WHERE WE STAND WITH ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN PLACE FOR ANYWHERE THAT YOU SEE SHADED IN BLUE. THAT INCLUDES THE KANSAS CITY METRO THROUGH TOMORROW. FURTHER TOWARDS THE NORTH. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT CAMERON TRENTON, MARYVILLE, SAINT JOSEPH, HIAWATHA AND ATCHISON. AND THIS IS A WINTER STORM WARNING WHERE WE EXPECT SOME OF THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND THE GUSTY WINDS. A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE OVER THE PLAZA WHERE WE HAVE SHIFTED FROM RAIN NOW TO SOME LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES THAT ARE ONGOING ROADS LOOK GOOD THERE TOO. SITTING AT 33 DEGREES. SO JUST ABOVE FREEZING. THE WINDS ARE OUT OF THE EAST AT TEN MILES PER HOUR. IT’S A COLD DAY. OUR WIND CHILL IS DOWN TO 25 DEGREES, TURNING NOW TO FIRST ALERT RADAR AGAIN. A BUSY MAP WHERE YOU SEE THE GRAIN MARSHALL SEDALIA, HIGGINSVILLE AND WARRENSBURG. THIS IS MAINLY RAIN, BUT CHECK IT OUT. SNOW CONTINUES TO FILL IN PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW IN HARRISONVILLE, OLATHE AND LAWRENCE. JUST AN OBSERVATION OVER THE PAST LET’S SAY HOUR TO HOUR AND A HALF, THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT SOUTHERLY JOG IN THIS STORM SYSTEM THAT WOULD IN TURN INCREASE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO SLIGHTLY. AGAIN, IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE’RE WATCHING AND WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRACK. ALSO WATCHING THESE TEMPERATURES REALLY CLOSELY WHERE WE ARE NEAR FREEZING 32 DEGREES IN LEAVENWORTH, 32 IN OLATHE. AND YOU SAW ON OVERLAND PARK SOME OF THAT SNOW STARTING TO STICK ON GRASSY SURFACES ABOVE FREEZING IN SEDALIA, MARSHALL, CHILLICOTHE AT 39 OUT IN CENTRAL MISSOURI, THIS IS WHERE WE EXPECT THE RAIN TO TRANSITION TO SNOW. SO LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING. SO HERE’S HOW THINGS LOOK THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU’RE SOMEBODY WHO IS AT WORK, EXPECT TO SEE PERIODS OF RAIN AND SNOW THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING. AGAIN, SOME SLUSHY SPOTS POSSIBLE, MAINLY WET ROADWAYS ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A BREAK IN THE ACTIVITY AS WE GET CLOSER TOWARDS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, YOU SEE SOME DRIER AIR THAT’S STARTING TO WORK IN HOW FAR NORTH THIS DRIER AIR MOVES IN TO, LET’S SAY I-70 IN KANSAS CITY. THAT’S STILL SORT OF UNKNOWN. AGAIN, THAT VARIABILITY IN SNOWFALL TOTALS. BUT WE WILL SEE SOME DRIER AIR WARRENSBURG FROM SEDALIA INTO TOMORROW MORNING. WE GET ANOTHER PUSH OF SNOW. THIS IS AT 7.1 15. THE WINDS REALLY CRANK UP CONTINUES THROUGH THE MIDMORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS IS WHERE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF, LET’S SAY, 36 HIGHWAY, TRENTON AND MARYVILLE. THINGS FINALLY WRAP UP AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT 6 TO 10IN. CAMERON, UP TO A FOOT IN MARYVILLE AND TRENTON HERE IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO ARE FORECAST OFFICIALLY IS 2 TO 5, THOUGH I AM THINKING RIGHT NOW PROBABLY MORE TOWARDS THE 3 TO 5 SIDE OF THINGS, THE UNCERTAINTY REMAINS. IT IS A WEATHER IMPACT DAY TODAY, AN ALERT DAY TOMORROW WHEN WE EXPECT THE MOST TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MORNING AND THEN LOOK AT