Rain moves out, heat returns

Rain moves out, heat returns

CHECK BACK IN WITH KATIE HORNER,AND NOW WE’RE JUST KIND OFBRACING FOR THE HEAT, AREN’T WE?YEAH, IT’S GOING TO BECOME A HOTHUMID AFTERNOON, BUT THANKFULLYTHE CLOUDS WE HAVE NOW WE’LLKIND OF SLOW THAT IN PROCESS.THIS IS A VIEW ACROSS KANSASCITY AND YOU CAN SEE WE STILLHAVE AN OVERCAST SKY.IT IS 70 DEGREES RIGHT NOWHUMIDITY IS HIGH 93%EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS ARE BLOWINGRIGHT NOW AT 11 MILES AN HOURRADAR SHOWS T RAIN HAS STOPPEDNOW WITHIN THE 435 LOOP AROUNDKANSAS CITY, BUT IT’S STILLCOMING DOWN VERY HEAVILY ACROSS,MISSOURI, ESPECIALLY DOWN INBENTON COUNTY DOWN BY THE LAKEOF THE OZARKS.THEY’RE ABOUT TO GET THESTRONGEST PART OF THAT STORMRIGHT NOW WITH WIND GUSTS OVER40 MILES AN HOUR THE AMOUNT OFRAIN THAT THIS PUT DOWN THISMORNING CAUSED US A LOT OFPROBLEMS.WE’VE HAD ONE TO TWO INCHES OFRAIN.THAT’S WHY THERE IS AN AERIALFLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL9:30 THIS MORNING IN ADDITION TOTHAT WE HAD REPORTS OF U TO 70MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS TREE DAMAGEPOWER OUTAGE.CODY WAS TELLI WAS TELLING MEAT LAST COUNT.THERE’S JUST UNDER 9,000 PEOPLEWITHOUT POWER THIS MORNINGTHERE.WE HAVE OUR MORNING STORMS ANDTHEN THE HEAT THIS AFTERNOONTHOUGH, N AS HOT AS YESTERDAYSTILL A VERY WARM DAY 90 DEGREESIN MAY FEEL LIKE IT’S BETWEEN 95AND 100 WITH THE HIGH HEAT INDEXVALUES NOTICE OUR NORTHERNCOMMUNIIES ON THE MISSOURISIDE.MAYBE NOT QUITE AS HOT 88DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH THEFARTHER SOUTH YOU GO THE HARDERIT WILL BE 94 AND OTTAWA 92 INBELTON 93 IN CLINTON TODAY.DE WAS A FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAYAND WE’RE GOING TO HOLD THATUNTIL 9:30 THIS MORNING.THAT’S WHEN THAT AERIAL FLOODADVISORY WILL EXPIRE SO THISMORNING EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HASENDED BE AWARE IN THOSE AREAS OFTHE ROADWAYS THAT TYPICALLY DIPTHEY MAY STILL HAVE WATERCOLLECTED THERE FROM THE VERYHEAVY RAIN.WE HAD THIS MORNING THAT COULDCAUSE PROBLEMS.91 WILL BE OUR HIGH ON THURSDAY%FRIDAY.WE HAVE A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THEMORNING AND THEN ANOTHER ROUNDOF THUNDERSTORMS IN THEAFTERNOON.CURRENTLY THE WEEKEND LOOKS TOBE MOSTLY DRY.JUST CANNOT RULE OUT A POP-UPTHUNDERSTORM HIGH TEMPERATURESWILL