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Bryan Busby

Kansas City

Chief Meteorologist at KMBC-TV (Kansas City, MO)

Chief Meteorologist at KCWE-TV (Kansas City, MO)

Chief Meteorologist at KMBC 9 News in the middle of tornado alley. Links & RTs aren’t endorsements. Opinions are my own.

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  • 1 week ago | kmbc.com | Bryan Busby

    OUR TEAM WILL REACH OUT TO YOU. FIRST ALERT WEATHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BRYAN BUSBY. WE’RE GOING TO BE IN THE 90S FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. GOT TO GET YOU PREPARED FOR THAT. NEXT FEW DAYS ARE GOING TO BE HOT. TOMORROW IS THE DAY THAT STARTS SUMMER, SO I GUESS IT MAKES SENSE THAT A GOOD PORTION OF THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY IS UNDER A HEAT ADVISORY, NOT ONLY TOMORROW, BUT ALSO INTO SATURDAY. THAT’S WHY YOU SEE THE YELLOW TRIANGLE UP THERE, BECAUSE THE HEAT INDEX COULD BE OVER 100 DEGREES BOTH DAYS.

  • 1 week ago | kmbc.com | Bryan Busby

    NEWS. ALL RIGHT. WE KNOW IT’S A LITTLE EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT ALWAYS AN EXCITING TIME BECAUSE THAT MEANS THE SEASON IS GETTING CLOSER. THAT’S RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW UP THERE THE CITY IS GETTING SO PREPARED UP IN SAINT JOE, THEY GET SO EXCITED. THEY DO. AND LOTS OF WATER, LOTS OF GATORADE FOR EVERYBODY. ELECTROLYTES, WATER FOR SURE. AND TAKE IT EASY WHEN IT ALL POSSIBLE. AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORK OUTSIDE OR EXERT OUTSIDE, MAYBE THAT’S A GOOD IDEA TOO.

  • 1 week ago | kmbc.com | Bryan Busby

    GRADE. THAT’S EXACTLY. WE HAVE SOME THINGS CHANGING. HEAT AND HUMIDITY. GET USED TO THAT BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO BE AROUND THERE FOR A WHILE. AND YOU KNOW, THAT CAN REALLY JUST ROB YOU OF ANY SORT OF ENERGY. SO PLEASE PACE YOURSELF THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. HERE’S A LOOK AT FIRST ALERT LIVE RADAR. AND WE DO HAVE A COLD FRONT THAT’S TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. SO THAT’S THAT SECONDARY LINE. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE PASSING THROUGH LATER ON THIS EVENING.

  • 1 week ago | kmbc.com | Bryan Busby

    Tuesday: ALERT DAY A few severe storms possible during the day but the main event is tonight, likely into the late evening hours. A line of intense t-storms will come in from Kansas. Damaging straight-line winds over 60 mph and flash flooding are the highest risks. However, this is the type of line that could spin up a brief tornado or briefly produce hail.

  • 1 week ago | kmbc.com | Bryan Busby

    TICKETS TAB. JUST AS WELL IT DIDN’T HAPPEN TOMORROW NIGHT, RIGHT? THIS IS TRUE. ABOUT THIS TIME WE’LL PROBABLY BE TRACKING SOME THUNDERSTORMS. MAYBE NOT RIGHT IN THE METRO, BUT PRETTY DARN CLOSE. AND STILL GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING AND ALSO SOME GUSTY WINDS. NOW IN THE AFTERNOON WE COULD SEE MUGGY CONDITIONS FOR SURE, BUT THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO SPAWN SCATTERED NON-SEVERE STORMS THAT COULD MOVE THROUGH BY LUNCHTIME AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

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