‘We need to watch Friday’: Kansas City in for bumpy evening as severe storms possible
It’ll be a nice fall day in Kansas City Wednesday as a cold front works its way to the south of the metro area, said FOX4 meteorologist Karli Ritter.
“We’ll end up with plenty of sunshine late in the day and temperatures topping out in the upper 70s,” said Ritter, who provides weather updates to The Star.
The pleasant weather, however, is expected to change as another cold front pushes through the area.
“I want to have you just put in the back of your mind that we need to watch Friday,” Ritter said. “Three days out and the (National Weather Service) Storm Prediction Center already has a slight risk of severe weather in place. And it does look like Friday evening could get just a little bit bumpy with thunderstorms in the forecast.”
The Kansas City area will get through the first half of the day Friday without issue. But rain starts to fall across the area Friday afternoon as a cold front arrives.
“After 2 or 3 in the afternoon, this front as it interacts with that warm moist air will spark a strong line of showers and thunderstorms,” said FOX4 meteorologist Michelle Bogowith in a mid-day update. “Those are likely to continue not only during the overnight hours but right on into mid-morning on Saturday.”
There will be chances for lingering showers throughout the day Saturday and into Sunday before the Kansas City area will dry out and temperatures soar into the 80s, Bogowith said.
BEHIND THE STORY
MOREHow we did this story
The Star produced this weather update in partnership with the local FOX4 television station. The station’s meteorologists create forecast videos multiple times a day for the newspaper to include in its weather reports.
This story was originally published September 25, 2019 at 8:06 AM.
