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Strong winds impacting outdoor plans

High fire danger for Friday

Strong winds impacting outdoor plans

High fire danger for Friday

IT IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE SPRING. NICK: IT WILL HAVE A SPRING FEEL TO IT. WITH TEMPERATURE, MOISTURE AND WIND, THE WIND IS GOING TO HAVE THE IMPACT ON YOUR DAY. 48 DEGREES OUT THE DOOR, MAYBE GET AWAY WITH A LIGHT COAT THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTING AT 31 MILES AN HOUR, THE WIND IS GOING TO DRASTICALLY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WIND GUSTS NOW OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR IN OLATHE. 40 PLUS MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT RAMP UP OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE SUN COMES UP AND THAT ALLOWS MIXING TO TAKE PLACE WHICH ALLOWS STRONGER WINDS, WHICH ARE A COUPLE THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, TO COME DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WE LOOK AT OUR 12 HOUR FORECAST TODAY IN KANSAS CITY. FROM 8:00 THIS MORNING NOON, THE WINDIEST TIME OF DAY WITH THE POTENTIAL OF 50 MILE AN HOUR GUSTS. THE WIND WILL COME DOWN THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES PEEK INTO THE MID 60’S. THE WIND RAMPS BACK UP AGAIN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. THAT WILL BRING COLDER AIR FOR TOMORROW. IT WILL BE DRASTICALLY COLDER TOMORROW. YOU SEE ALL THE REDS, IT IS 40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR GUSTS THIS MONEY. YOU START TO DROP OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILE AN HOUR GUSTS. 8:00, THE COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH KANSAS CITY. YOU WILL HEAR THAT FRONT COME THROUGH, THE WIND WILL PICK UP THAT MUCH. IT WILL BRING COLDER CHANGES TO YOUR FIRST ALERT NINE-DAY FORECAST FOR SATURDAY. 30 SIX DEGREES FOR A HIGH. MAYBE SUNDAY IS THE BETTER OUTSIDE DAY AT 47. STARTING NEXT WEEK NEAR 50 DEGREES. ANOTHER DOSE OF COLDER AIR WILL SEND HIGHS TO THE UPPER 30’S FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
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Strong winds impacting outdoor plans

High fire danger for Friday

A spring-like feel to today with warmer temperatures and howling south winds gusting up to 50 mph. There is a high fire danger for today, so outdoor burning is discouraged. High 64. A strong cold front blast through overnight bringing much colder air through for Saturday with sunshine. High 36. Scattered clouds and some sunshine Sunday. High 47. Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a shower Monday. High 49. Colder and mostly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the upper 30s. Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain/snow showers next Thursday and Friday. Highs in the lower 40s.

A spring-like feel to today with warmer temperatures and howling south winds gusting up to 50 mph. There is a high fire danger for today, so outdoor burning is discouraged. High 64. A strong cold front blast through overnight bringing much colder air through for Saturday with sunshine. High 36. Scattered clouds and some sunshine Sunday. High 47. Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a shower Monday. High 49. Colder and mostly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the upper 30s. Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain/snow showers next Thursday and Friday. Highs in the lower 40s.

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