FIRST WARN FORECAST: Warmer air Monday, stronger winds bring fire danger
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Buckle up, our weather roller coaster continues this week. Overnight lows will be cool in the mid to upper 30s, but our south wind starts to pick up. Your morning wind chills out the door will be about 10 degrees cooler than the actual air temperature. We warm fast throughout the day, but the wind picks up even more.
Back to the warmer springlike temperatures we go. St. Patrick’s Day will be mild, with afternoon highs in the 70s! This does come with a catch. Winds will pick up from the southwest again, gusting as strong as 35-40 mph during the day. With low humidity in place, gusty winds and warmer temperatures, we have heightened fire danger again. A Red Flag Warning goes into place Monday at noon and lasts through 8 PM. Fires can and will get out of hand quickly. There will likely be heightened fire danger again on Tuesday, with more gusty winds. Highs on Tuesday climb even more to the mid to upper 70s. Temperatures come crashing down again midweek with our next cold front.
A First Warn is in place for Wednesday. Our next storm system es through the region giving us the chance for a few rain showers overnight and into the morning, and as the back side of the low pressure swings through, we will have a chance for a rain and snow mix. There will likely be a few hours’ window where wet snow is possible as temperatures drop near the freezing mark. Due to the warm ground, I don’t think that roadways will be impacted too much. However, there will be a chance for us to receive a dusting to an inch max of snow on grassy and elevated surfaces. We think that due to temperatures being near freezing for a few hours and then rebounding a touch late afternoon, any snow that does fall will not stick around for too long. This is a finicky system. At this point, the timing of any switch over to wet snow will be late morning through mid-afternoon Wednesday. We will watch this closely.
Sunshine returns Thursday with temperatures back to the 50s, and then 60s Friday. There are a few extra quick systems on both Friday and next Sunday. Both of these would just be the chance at a few light showers at this time. Not overly disruptive.
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