Thunderstorms could greet Kansas City Tuesday as soggy, dreary day expected
The work week is getting off to a foggy, but mostly dry start in the Kansas City area, according to FOX4 meteorologist Karli Ritter.
“We will be fighting clouds most of the day; we are going to see our afternoon highs climbing into the upper 50s and we will stay mainly dry,” said Ritter, who provides weather updates to The Star.
“There may be a little mist or drizzle around, especially this morning with the fog in place, but most of us won’t have any issues.”
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a dense fog advisory for Kansas City area, saying visibility is being reduced to about a 1/4 mile or less at times. The advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. Monday.
“The dense fog is patchy in nature and you quickly could go from an area with good visibility to an area where visibility is a 1/4 mile or less,” the weather service said in a Tweet.
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Storms brewing
The cloud coverage becomes thicker overnight into Tuesday morning in advance of the area’s next storm system, Ritter said.
“Tomorrow morning we could wake up to rain and thunderstorms, especially on the south side of I-70,” Ritter said. “These will be with us off and on throughout the day. So a soggy, dreary day is expected tomorrow.”
The weather service said widespread rain and thunderstorms are expected, with a few strong storms possibly across east-central Kansas and west-central Missouri. Hail and gusty winds are the main threats from the strongest storms.
Areas to the south and east of the Kansas City metro area are at the greatest risk of seeing the stronger, maybe even severe, storms. General thunderstorms are expected in the metro, according to the weather service.
The forecast improves midweek, where highs are expected to climb to around 70 degrees on Wednesday, Ritter said.
This story was originally published March 23, 2020 at 7:41 AM.
