By the 3:30 p.m. kickoff, temperatures will be low to mid-20s. The wind will make it feel much colder, and the wind chill will dive to around 10 degrees. The weather service said another infusion of cold arctic air is expected Saturday night, and temperatures will plummet to the single digits Sunday morning.
Temperatures and wind chills plummeted overnight in Kansas City. It will be a bitterly cold day for the Chiefs-Texans playoff game.
A winter weather advisory is in effect from Thursday evening to Friday morning for parts of Kansas and Missouri.
Here’s how much snow the Kansas City metro received after the weekend snowstorm, according to the National Weather Service
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for parts of the Kansas City area beginning Thursday evening.
Snowfall will gradually clear out overnight, with the final remnants east of Marshall and Sedalia by midnight. By 2 a.m., most of the region will be free of snow, although temperatures will plunge into the single digits, with some locations barely reaching double digits by midday.
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.
The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings from Kansas and Missouri — where blizzard conditions are expected — to New Jersey.
The official reading at Kansas City International Airport was 11 inches, which marks the fourth-largest single-day snowfall total in KC history.
Much of Missouri is under a hazardous weather outlook and state authorities have urged the public to avoid driving in icy and snowy conditions.
School districts have canceled class Monday, and city halls around the metro will be closed as snow continues to accumulate. The city's warming shelters are open, and RideKC buses are serving as warming spaces as well.
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.