A ridge of high pressure is going to build in across the region by Friday and Saturday, which will bring in a much warmer air mass. Then, we’ll be watching a storm system out west get very close to the area. Read more

Storms will build to the east and will likely reach our area after 10 p.m. If these storms form into a more organized cluster/line, then damaging wind will be the primary threat. We could see gusts up to 70 mph. Read more

Don’t get too used to these warmer than normal temperatures because changes are coming! Read more

The most bitter air from this latest Arctic Blast is beginning to release its grip on our area, but we are by no means out of the woods in terms of dealing with this dangerously cold air. Read more

The first round of snow is tapering off with another wave coming in behind it. This will likely last through the evening, but stay on the light to moderate side. Read more

Also, for those brave enough to venture out this evening, the metro area can expect about a half inch of powdery snow from the middle evening hours through midnight. Read more

We're about to jump in the deep end of the pool in terms of temperature and wind chill. Read more

Brace yourself for a bitterly cold week ahead, followed by the coldest air so far this season over the weekend. Read more

After a snowy and colder start to Thursday, even colder air is still expected by this weekend. Read more

(KCTV) -- There’s a chance of snow in and around Kansas City Tuesday evening. Read more

The big weather story this week will be the massive warm up that heads our way for the middle of the week. Read more

Grab a couple of logs for the fireplace and settle in for a rainy and cool evening. Read more

It’s that time of year. The time of year when rain can mix with sleet and snow without much notice. Read more

Thanksgiving is a little more than a week away. For many of us, the holiday will look different. Read more

We are headed into the second half of November, the final two weeks of meteorological Fall and we are on pace to finish with one of the top 10 driest Autumns on record. Read more

Rainfall. That’s a hard to find commodity this Autumn in Kansas City. Can you see where this blog is headed? Yes, the subject matter is dry. Read more

Election Day has a lot of people on edge. There is a lot of anxiety surrounding Election Day this year. Fortunately, the weather will not add to that anxiety. Read more

Safe to say 2020 has been somewhat of a scary year. A year that comes around once in a blue moon. There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Still, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey conducted by Prosper Insight and Analytics, more than 148 million U.S. adults still plan to celebrate with spooky traditions. Read more

Hi everyone! Well it’s that time of year again, time for a little homespun forecasting with the help of Mother Nature and her furry creatures. Our fuzzy tailed friends, the squirrels drive this forecast. Here it is the annual, “Acorn Theory Winter Forecast,” don’t laugh! Read more

Kansas City, get ready. It looks like our first snowfall of the season arrives Monday. It’s not going to be a whopper of a storm but this will be a record-breaking snow. Read more

Recent warm temperatures have put some of us behind when it comes to seeing our first freeze of the season. For instance, over northern Missouri the growing season usually comes to end Monday. But with temperatures forecast to return to 80-degrees by mid-week it left us wondering when we might see our first freeze of the fall. Read more

Not done with warm, sunny days. You know days that feel like late summer? Well, you’re in luck. Read more

October arrives this week and that means it’s time to talk Fall color. Read more

We hit 90 degrees today, which was perhaps summer’s last hurrah because a strong cold front will arrive in KC around daybreak. Read more

Hurricane Sally is slated to make landfall Wednesday morning. But it will have little if any noticeable impact on our weather in Kansas City. Read more

Hurricane Sally rapidly intensified Monday afternoon. Blooming into a strong category 1 hurricane and now Sally is expected to get stronger. Read more

What do you call a Winter Storm Warning that happens when it’s still Summer? A Sum-minter storm warning? That’s what Denver, Colorado is dealing with this week. Read more

Big temperature swings usually wait until October, but this is 2020 so why not have an unusually strong cold front arrive Labor Day night that could drop our temperatures nearly 40 degrees over a few hours. Read more

It’s not looking like we’ll see 90 again for more than a week. That’s all because of a series of cold fronts that will march through Kansas City. Read more

It is the tale of two weather systems. Violent spring-like storms ripped through the northern plains Monday, now the rest of the week takes the form of the fall. Brett Anthony breaks it down in the latest Storm Track 5 weather blog. Read more

Kansas City is in a severe weather risk area for Monday, with strong thunderstorms possible in the afternoon through the evening. Read more

Several chances of rain are in the forecast and the first one arrives Monday evening. Read more

We had some exciting weather around the region Monday morning. A pair of thunderstorm complexes moved through the Kansas City area dumping up to five inches of rain over areas of northern Missouri. Read more

Dangerous heat and humidity return to the Kansas City area this weekend. Meteorologist Alena Lee has the details on how hot it will get and the signs to look for so you stay safe. Read more

Everything seems to be coming together for some much-needed rain overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning. Read more

We need rain. It seems lately most of us in the Kansas City area can’t buy a drop of rain. Read more

The "Ring of Fire." What is it? Some might answer a popular song made famous by Johnny Cash in the 1970s, but for the purpose of this blog, the "Ring of Fire" is a weather phenomenon that can bring our area some wicked nighttime or early morning thunderstorms. Read more

A summer-time weather pattern is over taking Kansas City and much of the Midwest, leading to a hot and dry start to July and the long holiday weekend. Read more

Late next week, the sunsets may be more colorful than usual thanks to the Sahara desert. That’s a right, dust particles from the Sahara desert could travel all the way to central plains and turn sunsets a brighter shade of orange or red.  Read more

A trend that started in May is carrying over into June. What is supposed to be the wettest stretch of weather across the Kansas City area is turning out to be drier than normal this year. Read more

The remnants of a tropical storm and a severe weather threat all in the same day - that doesn’t happen too often in Kansas City, but it’s happening Tuesday. Read more

We're in the homestretch of May for 2020, and while the rest of the world may be difficult, the weather has been a breeze compared to last year. Read more

Cut-off low, meteorologists’ woe. We are living that old adage this week. Read more

It's been a somewhat uneventful storm season in the Kansas City area, but it looks like there will be an increased chance for severe weather over the next week. Read more

The pattern that’s setting up certainly looks wet with several chances for rain this week. Read more

Monday brought Spring 2020’s first real taste of severe weather. Read more

A severe weather threat is possible for eastern Kansas and western Missouri Tuesday afternoon. Brett Anthony is breaking down the chances for storms in the metro in the latest Storm Track 5 weather blog. Read more