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

Part one of our latest winter storm will continue to impact us tonight. The second part of the storm rolls in Thursday and will bring us a better chance for accumulating snow Thursday night and Friday. Winter Weather Advisories are still in effect for parts of the area until late evening. Read more

The next Winter Storm to impact Kansas City is rounding into shape Tuesday afternoon. The storm currently consists of two pieces of energy. Both are easy to see on the radar/satellite map. We’ve got arrows pointing to both parts of the upcoming weather maker. Read more

Welcome to a wintry week! Yep, the week ahead looks cold and yucky with several chances for snow, a snow/rain mix and maybe even some freezing drizzle or sleet. Good thing the Chiefs won, or we’d all be in a sour mood after reading this weather blog. Read more

Bitter cold Thursday morning with temperatures in the teens and wind chills near zero. We will see partly cloudy skies and highs in the upper 20s. Our Storm Track 5 meteorologists are tracking our next storm system for Friday that is expected to bring a winter mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet during the day. Read more

After the first winter storm of the year hit Kansas City last week, the metro is getting ready for three more storm systems to come through before the weekend. Read more

Kansas City's first winter storm of the new year has hit the metro in two parts as Friday's freezing rain has given way to Saturday's snow. Read more

The season's first winter storm is hitting the Kansas City metro, bringing freezing rain Friday evening with snow expected Saturday morning. Read more

• Both ice and snow will likely impact roads and could lead to power outages as well Friday night into Saturday.
• We can deal with the snow, but the potential of ice first and then heavy snow on top could create a mess on roads along with higher concerns now for older large trees and power lines into Saturday.
• This storm system is not locked down. Timing and totals can still adjust the next 48 hours.

The new year may be off to a balmy start, but in the latest StormTrack5 weather blog, meteorologist Brett Anthony shows how the year’s first winter storm could hit the Kansas City metro by the weekend. Read more