‘One final day:’ Dangerously hot weather lingers in KC as heat index soars to 105 degrees
The Kansas City area will see another dangerously hot day on Thursday despite powerful overnight storms that blew through the metro with winds as high as 80 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
The severe weather threat from the overnight storms has ended for the metro area. While there is a large cloud canopy across the region, the weather service said that people should expect mostly sunny skies by mid-morning.
A weak cold front moving through the Kansas City forecast area will bring relief from the extreme heat north of Interstate 70, the weather service said.
“Unfortunately for areas of east central Kansas into central Missouri, one final day of dangerous heat and humidity is expected,” the weather service said.
Afternoon temperatures are expected to reach the middle 90s, and heat indices in the 105 range, the weather service said. Areas south of U.S. 50 highway in south Kansas City will see the hotter weather.
Drier, cooler weather
More comfortable temperatures are expected Friday and Saturday, with highs in the low 90s. Typically, Kansas City sees temperatures of 89 degrees this time of year.
The reprieve from the heat will be short-lived. Forecasters predict another wave of excessive heat building Sunday and continuing into early next week.
“Highs could once again flirt with the century mark both Monday and Tuesday across the southwest quarter of the area,” the weather service said.
In the Kansas City metro, temperatures are expected to be 96 degrees on Sunday, 99 degrees on Monday and 101 on Tuesday.
“The area looks to trend quite dry through the middle of next week,” the weather service said.
