Here’s how many smartphones could be solar charged over the next two sunny days in KC
Unbury those sunglasses Kansas City — you’re going to need them.
Weather for the next couple days will be “fantastic,” with temperatures in the 70s to low 80s and low humidity, the National Weather Service in Kansas City said on Twitter.
Unlike earlier in the week, when downpours from storms drenched the metro area, conditions are expected to be quiet. And there will be plenty of sunshine.
That sunlight is producing a lot of energy. Approximately 1,100 megawatt-hours of electricity could be generated by the sun each day on Thursday and Friday, according to the WeatherPower tool from Climate Central, an independent climate change research.
That’s enough to charge 99.1 million smartphones or power 33,000 homes, according to WeatherPower.
That amount of electricity would allow the Kansas City area to avoid an estimated 657 tons of carbon dioxide.
An average car would need to drive 1.6 million miles to emit that amount of carbon dioxide or 11,000 trees would need to be planted and grow 10 years to absorb that amount of carbon dioxide.
Stormy weather returns Saturday afternoon and evening. Chances for rain continue into next week, with several rounds and storms possible. No severe weather is expected, according to the weather service.
