Joe Lauria

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Weekend News Meteorologist at WDAF-TV (Kansas City, MO)

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Joe’s Blog: Watching Tuesday severe risk (MON-6/2)

5 days ago | fox4kc.com | Joe Lauria

This should be the last day of smoky skies for the region as the winds above us will be switching and pushing the smoke away from the region later today and tonight. So, the smoke will be much less of a thing the rest of the week, it appears. With the change in the winds above us, there will also be a change in the weather here on the ground. Rain and storm chances are on the increase early Tuesday through Tuesday night as a front comes into a warm and humid air mass.
Joe’s Blog: Watching Tuesday severe risk (MON-6/2)

5 days ago | fox4kc.com | Joe Lauria

This should be the last day of smoky skies for the region as the winds above us will be switching and pushing the smoke away from the region later today and tonight so the smoke will be much less of a thing the rest of the week it appears. With the change in the winds above us, there will also be a change in the weather here on the ground. Rain and storm chances are on the increase early Tuesday through Tuesday night as a front comes into a warm and humid air mass.
Joe’s Blog: Next severe weather risk (FRI-5/30)

1 week ago | fox4kc.com | Joe Lauria

Our weather continues to be fascinating. Yesterday’s forecast worked out well with bubbles off showers and storms developing in the late afternoon and while most didn’t get a drop there were some downpours mixed in. The fascinating part of yesterday though was a somewhat unusual cold air funnel cloud that developed in Platte County just south of Platte City around 5:55 PM. It was captured by one of our long time contributors, Hunter Hurley who was in the right spot at the right time.
Kansas City Weather: Two possible severe weather risks ahead

1 week ago | fox4kc.com | Joe Lauria

Our weather continues to be fascinating. Yesterday’s forecast worked out well with bubbles of showers and storms developing in the late afternoon, and while most didn’t get a drop, there were some downpours mixed in. The fascinating part of yesterday though was a somewhat unusual cold air funnel cloud that developed in Platte County just south of Platte City around 5:55 PM. It was captured by one of our long time contributors, Hunter Hurley who was in the right spot at the right time.
Joe’s Blog: The 80s are coming! (THU-5/29)

1 week ago | fox4kc.com | Joe Lauria

Another blah start to the day in the region with areas of drizzle and light rain continuing to move through the region. Rain amounts have been rather light with KCI getting a bit more than about 1/10″ or so. Other areas farther south have had a bit more, closer to 1/3″ through the south part of the Metro. The rain will continue through about lunch or so before breaking in the early afternoon.
Joe’s Blog: So, why has it been so gray lately (WED-5/28)

1 week ago | fox4kc.com | Joe Lauria

Another pretty gray start to the day around the region as clouds are still around, but there are some noticeable breaks out there, which is nice. There should be at least some additional breaks in the clouds today, or at least some thin spots to allow some sunshine to bleed through. It won’t take a lot to allow temperatures to at least warm up to around 70° or so today, which will be much better than yesterday (lower 60s). I wanted today’s blog to dive into the whys of the not-so-nice weather.
Joe’s Blog: So why has it been so gray lately (WED-5/28)

1 week ago | fox4kc.com | Joe Lauria

Another pretty gray start to the day around the region as clouds are still around but there are some noticeable breaks out there as well which is nice. There should be at least some additional breaks in the clouds today, or at least some thin spots to allow some sunshine to bleed through. It won’t take a lot to allow temperatures to at least warm up to around 70° or so today which will be much better than yesterday (lower 60s). I wanted today’s blog to dive in the why’s of the not so nice weather.
Joe’s Blog: It will get better (TUE-5/27)

1 week ago | fox4kc.com | Joe Lauria

The holiday weekend was so so…great on Saturday and decent on Sunday afternoon into Monday morning before the light persistent rains restarted in the afternoon and lasted through the evening yesterday. The result of a series of weak disturbances coming up from the Plains and running into a rather moist atmosphere.
Joe’s Blog: Wet-ish weekend ahead (FRI-5/23)

2 weeks ago | fox4kc.com | Joe Lauria

We’re starting our day with less sunshine and more clouds in the area. There are a few sprinkles north and west of the area as I start this blog but there is still a lot of dry air below 15,000 feet or so and that will keep most of the rain from reaching the ground that you may see on radar. It will take awhile to saturate that lower part of the atmosphere. Things will change more though as we head into the weekend, especially into Sunday and Monday which look to be rather wet at times.
Joe’s Blog: Not the worst or best holiday weekend (THU-5/22)

2 weeks ago | fox4kc.com | Joe Lauria

A bright sunny day in the area with rather cool temperatures for this time of the year as morning lows briefly dipped into the mid to upper 40s. Our stretch of below average temperatures will continue into next week and it’s going to take about a week or so before we get closer to average for highs at least. The day will be sunny and rain chances aren’t expected today and tomorrow may not really be that bad either although there may be some showers around in the afternoon or evening.