Category: Weather

Record cold temperatures are expected across the region today and tonight, according to the National Weather Service.

Conditions also will be windy during the day today, resulting in single-digit wind chill values.

Temperatures will fall into the single digits tonight, and wind chills will fall below zero for much of the overnight period, the weather service said.

At 9 a.m., the temperature was 21 degrees in Kansas City, Kan., with a wind chill of 8 degrees. That 21 degrees is the same as today’s predicted high.

The wind was 14 mph from the northwest, gusting to 29 mph.

The weather service said there was a chance of scattered flurries today.

Tonight, the low will be around 9, with the wind child between zero and 5. A west wind will be between 5 and 10 mph.

Tuesday’s forecast is sunny, with a high of 30. Tuesday night, look for a low around 26.

Wednesday, the temperature will climb to near 34, and Thursday, near 41.

There is a chance of rain in Saturday and Sunday’s forecast, according to the weather service.

After an overnight snowfall of about a quarter-inch to a half-inch of snow in parts of Wyandotte County, the National Weather Service is warning about slippery roadways across the region this morning.

Wet roadways, combined with freezing temperatures, have led to the formation of black ice across the area in some places, the weather service said.

Temperatures will continue falling this morning as cold air filters into the region behind a cold front.

This will allow roads to become very slick in spots, especially on bridges and overpasses where road surface temperatures are typically the coldest.

Residents were advised to use extreme caution when traveling this morning, the weather service said.

Light snow and flurries will continue to be possible this morning, mainly south of I-70, the weather service said. The area where snow will accumulate is mostly south of Kansas City.

The temperature was 19 degrees, with a wind chill of 10 degrees, at 9 a.m. Sunday morning.

Record cold is expected tomorrow into Tuesday morning.

Highs Monday will be in the upper teens to mid 20s with wind chills in the single digits.

Lows on Tuesday morning will drop into the single digits to around 10 degrees with wind chill values dropping to the single digits below 0.

To see the latest weather forecasts, visit www.weather.gov.

Where’s the snow?

After a couple of days of hearing dire warnings about an impending Saturday snowstorm, Wyandotte County residents saw a light dusting of snow that didn’t cover the ground this morning. Storm clouds apparently avoided this area for the most part.

The National Weather Service no longer has the area under its winter weather advisory.

However, there is still a 40 percent chance of snow for the rest of the day and a 30 percent chance of snow for tonight, before 11 p.m., according to the weather service forecast.

Temperatures were 33 degrees at 2 p.m. Saturday.