One more unseasonably cool day before heat, humidity and storms return to Kansas City
The Kansas City area will get a break from the summer heat for one more day as unseasonably cool temperatures before the reality of summer returns to the metro, according to FOX4 meteorologist Karli Ritter.
“Later on today we are going to be topping out near 80 degrees for our afternoon highs which is still almost 10 degrees below average,” said Ritter who provides weather updates to The Star.
“But things are about to change,” Ritter said. “We are going to say goodbye to the nice comfortable, low humidity days and we’re going to slip into a much more humid, hot forecast starting really on Friday and it’s going to linger into our upcoming weekend.”
With the extra moisture, the chance for rain showers and thunderstorms return to the metro, Ritter said.
“They will arrive Thursday night into Friday morning,” Ritter said. “Friday morning could be a little soggy for some. By mid-day though, we are clearing out and then Saturday morning some of you will have more rain and thunderstorms to contend with.”
Although the chance for rain is lower on Sunday morning, those chances increase Sunday night into Monday morning.
“It’s not by any stretch going to be a washout during the days” this weekend, Ritter said. “We’re just about to swing back into that summer pattern where we have mainly overnight to early morning storms to deal with and afternoons that are very hot and very humid.”
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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.
The National Weather Service in Kansas City said that severe weather is not expected with the storms on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, although localized heavy rain and lightning are possible.
However, there could be some isolated severe thunderstorms Sunday morning across northeast Kansas and northern Missouri, with localized heavy rain, lightning and hail.
This story was originally published August 5, 2020 at 8:19 AM.
