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
It has been a slower severe weather season thus far in Kansas City, but as Brett Anthony explains in the latest Storm Track 5 weather blog, that could be changing Tuesday. Read more
If you like change, you’re going to love the next week of weather. Read more
The Winter Storm Warning continues for Nodaway, Worth, Mercer, Gentry and Harrison counties until 7 a.m. Friday. Read more
This is the time of year that should see spring in full bloom, but as Brett Anthony explains, winter is not done with the Kansas City metro just yet. Read more
fairway, ks (KCTV) -- When you take spring and winter and smash the two seasons together, you get "sprinter." Read more
After a frigid Friday, Kansas City has bounced back to warmer weather. However, as Brett Anthony explains in the latest Storm Track 5 weather blog, that relief could be short-lived. Read more
They say perception is reality. So if you think it’s rained a lot lately, then your perception is the reality. Read more
We just couldn’t shake the cloudy, gloomy skies on Sunday and it looks like a new week brings several chances of rain. Read more
KC is still drying out from a rainy start to the week, but, as Brett Anthony outlines in the latest StormTrack5 weather blog, Monday's showers may be just the beginning of the wet weather. Read more
The weather over the weekend may have had Kansas City thinking of spring, but as Brett Anthony explains in the latest StormTrack5 weather blog, winter still has some days on the calendar. Read more
If someone tells you to go fly a kite on Thursday or over the weekend, don’t take it personally. Sometimes, when it comes to the wind in March, it can really blow. I mean really blow or howl at more than 50 miles per hour. Read more
The lion isn’t roaring as we start March. No, it’s more like the gentle meow of a house cat. We can sit back and enjoy a great stretch of weather to start the month. Read more
A narrow, heavy band of snow prompted a Winter Storm Warning for a handful of counties in central Kansas, Tuesday. Read more
Sometimes, Mondays are hard. Sometimes rainy days are hard. Put them together and you get tomorrow. Read more
FAIRWAY, KS (KCTV) – We’re coming down the homestretch of February, just 10 days left until we flip the calendar to March. The weather pattern suggests we are in for a bumpy ride over the next week and a half. That means March could come in like a lion. Read more
This Valentine’s Day temperatures are expected to warm close to 30 degrees. That doesn’t sound very warm if we were talking about San Diego, but this is Kansas City and we’re doing pretty well! Read more
After the coldest air so far this season settles across the area today, we should really look back at some of the more brutal winters Kansas City has ever had. Read more
Mother Nature is bringing a one, two punch. First, we are getting snow and a Winter Weather Advisory through midnight and later tonight, an arctic front arrives bringing bitterly cold air to Missouri and Kansas. Read more
Another Wednesday and another chance of wintry weather. Last week’s snowfall under performed expectations. It should have snowed more but the storm just didn’t come together. Read more
A winter storm is rounding into shape as we head into Tuesday evening. Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for much of Missouri and Kansas. Read more
This is not what we hoped for when it came to the subject of our next blog. Read more
I promise this blog is NOT about another snowstorm headed our way. It’s about a warm-up this weekend. Read more
The latest round of snow to hit Kansas City hasn’t melted yet, and here we are watching the chance for a fresh coat of light snow late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Read more
