Rains return Thursday, turning Friday into soggy mess in Kansas City
It’ll be warmer than usual the next few days before rains return, bringing a soggy mess for the end of the week, according to FOX4 meteorologist Karli Ritter.
“Later on today we are going to see the sunshine return and with a late March angle, it’s going to pop our numbers up into the mid-60s,” said Ritter, who provides weather updates to The Star. “
It’ll be even warmer as temperatures peak this week on Wednesday, as highs climb into the 70s. Highs will be near 70 on Thursday as well. The normal high for this time of year is around 60 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill.
“As far as rain is concerned, it is going to hold off until Thursday evening,” Ritter said. “We will start to see rain overspreading the area Thursday evening into Friday morning. Friday looks like a soggy mess — and it’s not going to be necessarily that warm either with highs only in the 50s.”
Rain will move out Saturday, leaving the metro area with a drier, but cooler start to the weekend. Highs will be in the mid-50s.
Temperatures warm to the mid-60s on Sunday and then back into the 70s on Monday. The chance for thunderstorms, however, returns Monday as well.
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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.
Warm March in Kansas City
The weather service on Tuesday said that this March has been the 18th warmest in Kansas City’s 132 years of tracking the weather.
“Oddly, we’ve done it without having really warm days,” the weather service said on Twitter. “We’ve only had 3 days where KC has hit 70 degrees this March . . . normal is 5 days.”
In its daily weather guidance for temporary outdoor structures, like tents used to treat COVID-19 patients, the weather service said no severe weather is expected today.
However, breezy southerly winds are expected Wednesday and Thursday, with gusts up to 25 to 30 mph, the weather service said.
The weather service advises anyone using the temporary structures should know their tent’s wind rating, which varies depending on the design, materials used and whether the tent was set up and anchored according to manufacturer’s recommendations.
Also, tents offer no protection form lightning and should be evacuated in advance of, during and 30 minutes after thunderstorms, the weather service said.
This story was originally published March 31, 2020 at 7:43 AM.
