There will be a chance of frost tonight, as temperatures may drop to the low 30s, according to the National Weather Service.
It’s more likely that areas north of the Missouri River will drop to freezing, while Wyandotte County may stay a couple degrees above freezing, according to the forecast.
Any sensitive vegetation should be protected tonight, the weather service said.
The temperature was in the mid-40s at 4 p.m. Saturday. Sunday’s high will be around 62. Temperatures could rise to the 80s on Monday.
A few storms are possible on Monday, but severe weather is not expected.
Tonight, the low will be around 34, with areas of frost possible after 2 a.m., according to the weather service. There will be an east northeast wind of 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday, there may be areas of frost before 8 a.m., with the day’s high of 62 in the afternoon. Winds will become south southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
Sunday night, there is a 20 percent chance of showers after 1 a.m., with a low of 52, according to the weather service.
Monday, there is a slight, 20 percent, chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 p.m., with a high near 72, the weather service said. A south southwest wind of 7 to 13 mph will gust as high as 28 mph.
Monday night, there is a low of 61 with a south southwest wind of 7 to 9 mph, gusting as high as 20 mph, according to the weather service.
Tuesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 81, the weather service said.
The number of positive COVID-19 cases rose to 147 on Saturday morning in Wyandotte County. (Chart from UG’s COVID-19 website)The rate of increase of COVID-19 cases in Wyandotte County was shown in this graph. (Graph from UG’s COVID-19 website)A KDHE graph showed the rate of increase in COVID-19 cases in Kansas, with new cases in blue and total cases in yellow. (KDHE graph)More than 40 Kansas counties have reported positive COVID-19 cases. (KDHE map)A CDC graph showed the rise of the total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States, which were more than 277,000 on Friday evening. There were more than 6,500 deaths. (CDC chart)
Positive COVID-19 cases were up to 147 in Wyandotte County at 11:10 a.m. Saturday, April 4, according to the Unified Government’s COVID-19 website. There were 139 cases in Wyandotte County on Friday evening, according to the UG’s website.
The website reported that there were 42 Wyandotte County residents hospitalized with COVID-19 on Saturday morning. The number of deaths here remained at six. Also, the number of self-reporting responses was 141 with 52 probable self-reporting cases, according to the UG’s COVID-19 website.
Kansas numbers totaled 698 positive cases on Saturday morning, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment website. There were 78 additional cases from Friday’s total of 620.
The Kansas total included 21 statewide deaths as of Saturday, according to the KDHE website. There were a total 17 deaths as of Friday morning. There were 172 hospitalizations statewide on Saturday. The number of negative tests statewide was reported at 6,880.
KDHE reported there were 185 positive cases in Johnson County on Saturday morning. Johnson County reported a total of seven deaths, the same number as on Friday morning, according to its website.
Sedgwick County (including Wichita) had 97 positive cases, Leavenworth County had 33 positive cases, Douglas County (including Lawrence) had 32 positive cases and Shawnee County (including Topeka) reported 27 cases, according to KDHE figures. About 45 Kansas counties have one or more COVID-19 positive case.
Wyandotte County on Friday also announced a new clinic in a UG Health Department parking lot near 6th and Ann, where Wyandotte County residents may call in advance or use the UG’s self-reporting tool to find out if they can be tested for COVID-19. See https://wyandotteonline.com/ug-health-department-opens-covid-19-testing-site/.
A new video from April 3 by Mayor David Alvey and Dr. Charles Foust, KCKPS superintendent, is online at https://youtu.be/9rp-bn0JDmc. The video tells about the programs that are available, changes that are taking place, and also encourages residents to stay home.
