The coldest air of the season will begin filtering into the area Friday night, according to the National Weather Service. From Sunday to Tuesday, wind Chills are expected to bottom out between -10 and -20 degrees each morning and only reach the single digits in the afternoon.
Temperatures and wind chills plummeted overnight in Kansas City. It will be a bitterly cold day for the Chiefs-Texans playoff game.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for parts of the Kansas City area beginning Thursday evening.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for locations south of the Kansas City metro. The advisory will be in effect from 5 p.m. Thursday to 9 a.m. Friday.
Here’s how much snow the Kansas City metro received after the weekend snowstorm, according to the National Weather Service
The Kansas City region is expected to get between 2-3 inches of snow Thursday night. And after the blizzard already cancelled classes for several days, Kansas City Public Schools already called a weather emergency day Friday,
The temperature at kickoff Saturday is expected to be in the low to mid-20s, but northerly winds could make it feel much colder. After facing the coldest game in Arrowhead history last year, fans, players and medical personnel are more than ready.
The weather service says Kansas City has a low chance, less than 40%, of a dusting of snow and less than a 2% chance of seeing an inch of snow. Counties on the southern border of the Kansas City forecast area — Pettis, Henry, Bates and Linn counties — and surrounding areas are expected to see higher snowfall amounts.
It is only the eighth time since 1888 that Kansas City has received at least 10 inches of snow in a single day.
The official reading at Kansas City International Airport was 11 inches, which marks the fourth-largest single-day snowfall total in KC history.
As much as 10.5 inches of snow fell late Thursday and early Friday in Kansas, the National Weather Service said.
Dangerous wind chills are expected in Kansas City on Sunday through Tuesday, bottoming out between -10 and -20 degrees each morning.