Kansas City warms into the weekend. Will Mother’s Day be sunny?
Gusty southwest winds will push warmer air into the Kansas City area Thursday, kicking off a warmup that lasts into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. A cold front could spark a few isolated thunderstorms on Friday.
Temperatures are expected to be around 71 degrees on Thursday and 73 degrees on Friday, which is typical for early May in Kansas City.
A weather disturbance will move across the region overnight Thursday, bringing more cloud cover. A few sprinkles are possible across northern and central Missouri as it passes, the weather service said.
A cold front is then expected to drop through the region on Friday. While moisture will be limited, a few isolated showers or thunderstorms are possible, and there is an “outside chance” of a strong storm with large hail late in the afternoon over central Missouri, mainly south of a line from Butler to Sedalia, the weather service said.
Temperatures will jump to around 83 degrees on Saturday. Another cold front passes through Saturday night, but storms are unlikely.
On Mother’s Day, temperatures drop back to around 70 degrees, with mostly sunny skies. Temperatures should rebound to around 80 degrees on Monday and the upper 80s on Tuesday.
A low-pressure system is expected to develop in the Northern Plains on Monday and move into the Upper Midwest on Tuesday, with a cold front that could bring another chance for rain, though the timing is uncertain, the weather service said.
“It looks like we briefly cool down behind the front, before much warmer air builds into the region late week,” the weather service said.
