Alena Lee
Meteorologist
Alena Lee was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV.
Unlike most weather geeks, her passion for weather didn't stem as a child. Instead it happened while she was finishing up her journalism degree at Arizona State University.
During her last semester at ASU she forecast for Cronkite News, an emmy-award winning nightly newscast fully run by students. With her self-taught knowledge of weather it was just enough to land her first job on-air at WPDE in Myrtle Beach, SC.
After a two-year stint in the Southeast, she headed back out west to ABC30 in Fresno, CA. There she was the weekday morning and midday weather anchor.
While working full-time, Alena studied online at Mississippi State University and earned a Bachelor of Science in Geoscience.
After getting a feel for both sides of the country, Alena is happy to call the Midwest her new home. She joined KCTV5 in September 2018 and is thrilled to be working in a market that gets all four seasons.
You can catch her forecasts Thursday and Friday at noon and weekend mornings.
After a quiet and cold start to the week, our weather turns much more active before the weekend.
A First Warn has been issued for Friday morning.
We have to get through another frigid morning as temperatures bottom out in the upper teens and low 20s by daybreak on Tuesday.
After an active holiday weekend with our first measurable snowfall for the Kansas City area we’ll turn much colder tonight.
Widespread rain will continue for several hours tonight into Monday morning.
Cooler air moves in tonight as temperatures fall into the upper 30s and low 40s by daybreak on Friday.
We could have seen our last 70-degree day for a while in the Kansas City area.
We get two more pleasantly warm days ahead with cool temperatures to begin with in the low 40s but soar into the upper 60s and low 70s by the afternoon.
Our Spring-like weather continues for most of the week as high pressure remains in control.
Warmer than normal temperatures are expected to last a few more days this week. Monday morning starts out in the upper 30s to low 40s before temperatures quickly warm into the middle 60s by the afternoon.
Clear skies and light winds will help send the low down near freezing Saturday morning.
A quiet weather pattern will continue into the weekend and extend into next week. While a weak front looks to slide through tonight into early Friday it won’t bring any rain.
Cooler air arrives tonight into early Thursday after a cold front passes through the region.
Our quiet weather pattern continues for a few more days before a cold front arrives.
Warmer than normal temperatures continue to headline our weather with a predominant southwest wind in place.
Our warming trend continues through the rest of the week.
Temperatures will continue to warm into the weekend in Kansas City.
It’s a bone-chilling night for trick-or-treaters with temperatures slipping into the upper 20s and low 30s after sunset.
Unseasonably cold weather lingers for a bit longer and could turn even colder between Tuesday and Wednesday.
Unseasonably cold air will linger across the region tonight into early Monday. A freeze warning remains in effect for central Missouri until 10:00 a.m. on Monday as temperatures fall into the mid to upper 20s.
Another round of cold rain develops late morning into midday. Temperatures for most of the area will stay above 32 degrees, but just north of the metro, we could see temperatures fall near the freezing mark.
Break out the rain gear this week as off and on rain will be likely over the next few days.
We’ve got an active week of weather headed our way. Tuesday will feature increasing clouds and rain that will move in from the south and west.
Get ready for some big changes in the weather this week. We’ll go from the 80s with breezy southwest winds Monday to a cooler and wetter pattern.
Above normal temperatures continue into Sunday, but a few more clouds during the day could prevent many areas from warming back into the 80s.
A big change in the weather pattern arrives next week with our First Warn in place for Wednesday.
We are tracking our next cold front that will swing through the area on Wednesday. It could trigger a line of spotty showers to develop as it passes through, but accumulations will be light.
Clear skies and light northerly winds this evening will help temperatures fall pretty quickly overnight.
Quiet weather expected tonight and for much of the upcoming week. High pressure will slide in from the north clearing the clouds and keeping temperatures on the cool side overnight into early Monday.
Mostly clear and mild tonight with temperatures falling into the low 60s by daybreak on Thursday.
As we head through Thursday night into Friday a bigger storm system is still expected to form and bring a chance for showers and a few more storms.
Breezy northwest winds relax this evening into the overnight as temperatures fall into the mid to upper 30s by daybreak on Saturday.
Another front will swing through late Thursday and will send temperatures tumbling Friday.
Rain gradually tapers off early Wednesday with some clouds lingering across the area.
Unseasonably warm air lingers through Tuesday afternoon before our next cold front arrives.
We have to get through a few more unseasonably warm October days before a big cooldown returns.
We officially kick off the first full week of fall, but summer is still hanging on!
The storm system that brought us a cold front Sunday morning is still centered to our north spinning over central Minnesota.
Tonight, look for a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky as temperatures bottom out in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees.
Widely scattered showers and a few storms could return by Wednesday morning, especially for areas south of I-70.
Warmer weather will kickoff this new week as temperatures peak in the low to mid-80s.
Our weather remains quiet as we wrap up the weekend. Hazy skies expected by early Monday with some patchy fog developing in low lying areas.
A second cold front will push through the area Saturday afternoon and evening bringing showers and thunderstorms out ahead of it.
The first of two fronts will swing through tonight into early Saturday.
Clear skies and cool temperatures on tap tonight into early Friday.
The timing is still on track for this front to arrive late Friday evening and clear our area by late morning Saturday.
Our first real taste of Fall sticks around this week with lower humidity and temperatures near or just slightly below normal.
Active weather returns for most overnight into Monday. A cold front will swing through Monday bringing the chance for showers and a few rumbles of thunder.
With the ongoing wildfires in western Canada, our winds from the northwest are bringing in a lot of the smoke from those fires.
A cold front will swing through this evening triggering a few showers and storms to develop out of ahead of it.
