Katie Horner

Kansas City

First Alert Meteorologist at KMBC-TV (Kansas City, MO)

First Alert Meteorologist at KCWE-TV (Kansas City, MO)

Katie Horner joins KMBC as a Meteorologist with more than 15 years of experience forecasting in KC. Links & RTs aren’t endorsements. Opinions are my own.

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It will feel like summer during the week

3 days ago | kmbc.com | Katie Horner

DEGREES. SO YES, IT IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE SUMMER IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. TODAY WE GO FROM THAT 59. WE MIGHT DROP A COUPLE MORE DEGREES, BUT THEN WE’LL COME BACK UP TO 81 DEGREES FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SO THAT’S A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. SHOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE EAST, GENERALLY AT ABOUT TEN MILES AN HOUR.
A long stretch of dry weather begins today

6 days ago | kmbc.com | Katie Horner

THE SKY IN THE MORNINGS AND AT NIGHT AS WELL. 52 IS THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE. NORTHEAST WINDS AT EIGHT MILES PER HOUR. OUR WEATHER TODAY IS JUST GOING TO BE MOSTLY SUNNY. A LITTLE BIT OF PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING NOT CAUSING ANY PROBLEMS AND AN ALMOST NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. HIGH TEMPERATURE WILL GET UP TO 75 TODAY. 72 IS THE NORMAL BECAUSE AFTER TODAY WE’RE SOARING ABOVE NORMAL. WE’RE GOING TO BE IN THE UPPER 80S. LOOK AT WEDNESDAY, WE’RE FLIRTING WITH 90 DEGREES BY NEXT WEDNESDAY.
4 Buzzy Books Your Patrons Are Hearing About

6 days ago | bookriot.com | Katie Horner

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. One of the most common questions library staff get from patrons is “I read about a book in [insert newspaper/magazine/talk show/website here].
Rain showers and a few non-severe storms are likely to impact your day

1 week ago | kmbc.com | Katie Horner

AND IF IT’S A SHORT RIDE, MAYBE THEY CAN GET THERE. SO HERE, WITH THAT IN MIND IS A LOOK AT LIVE RADAR. YOU CAN SEE OUR LIVE SWEEP GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. NOTICE THE NATURE OF THE RAIN. IT IS EXTREMELY LIGHT, PATCHY. IT’S NOT THUNDERING. SO THEREFORE, YOU KNOW WE MAY HAVE A NICE BREAK FOR SOME FOLKS TO RIDE THEIR BIKES TO SCHOOL, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A TRACK ON THIS ONE WAVE OF RAIN THAT’S MOVING IN THROUGH JOHNSON COUNTY AND JACKSON COUNTY.
A Growing Reading Crisis in Adults and More News for Library Workers

1 week ago | bookriot.com | Katie Horner

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It’s time to Check Your Shelf, where we check in with a new survey about a reading crisis in UK adults, get some new adaptation updates, and take a look at yet another controversial book banning bill in Florida. Let’s dive in.
Sunny to start today, becoming overcast later

1 week ago | kmbc.com | Katie Horner

PLAYOFFS. VERY EXCITING. I’VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL SKY TO SHOW YOU THIS MORNING. WE’RE STILL LOOKING AT VENUS. IT’S HARD TO SEE HER NOW. SHE’S GETTING A LITTLE DIMMER IN THE SKY AS THE LIGHT FROM THE RISING SUN GETS BRIGHTER. SUNRISE WILL OCCUR RIGHT BEHIND THAT BUILDING AT 615 THIS MORNING. RIGHT NOW IT IS 52 EAST TO SOUTHEAST. WINDS ARE COMING IN AT SEVEN MILES PER HOUR. OUR FORECAST TODAY, SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, INCREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON. BUT IT WILL STILL BE WARM.
It's going to be a warm and perfect day for Cinco De Mayo

1 week ago | kmbc.com | Katie Horner

YEAH. THEY’RE. DEBBIE DOWNER OVER HERE. I’M SORRY. A MOMENT AGO, THIS WAS POINTING RIGHT AT VENUS. AND IN THE PAST FIVE MINUTES THAT OUR PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE VENUS IS IN THE SKY HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT. SO LET ME POINT OUT, YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE IT HELMET, JUST IN CASE YOU CAN’T. THERE IS VENUS RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME CLOUDS IN OUR EASTERN SKY THIS MORNING. PROBABLY WILL REMAIN EAST OF KANSAS CITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE’RE AT 52 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. OUR FORECAST DOES INCLUDE TWO CHANCES OF RAIN.
Meta Says Pirated Books are Both Invaluable and Worthless

1 week ago | bookriot.com | Katie Horner

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Library folks, I’ve got some interesting updates to dive into. Besides the usual batch of censorship lawsuits and legislation updates, there’s a head-scratching analysis of Meta’s legal defense for using copyrighted texts to train its AI model, as well as a couple of unusual reflections on genre.
Rain and storms are on and off throughout Friday

1 week ago | kmbc.com | Katie Horner

AFTERNOON. DO THEY END BY GAME TIME? MAYBE NOT. WE JUST HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE IN THE AREA AGAIN. IF YOU SEE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING, JUST GO BACK INTO THE CONCOURSE UNTIL IT HAS PASSED BY. THIS MORNING IT’S JUST RAIN SHOWERS, BUT WE DO STILL HAVE A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HERE’S OUR RAIN APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. THIS IS THE FIRST ROUND AND IT WILL BE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING. NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET THAT RAIN.
A few showers and thunderstorms are possible today

2 weeks ago | kmbc.com | Katie Horner

LIKE? THAT’S THE PROBLEM. WE’VE GOT WAVES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COMING THROUGH. THERE WILL BE TIMES IN BETWEEN, BUT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO BE OUTSIDE TOMORROW FOR VERY MANY GOOD REASONS, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE IS A CHANCE WE COULD HAVE SOME RAIN. IF IT WAS JUST RAIN, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING, BUT WE COULD HAVE SOME LIGHTNING AND WE COULD EVEN HAVE SOME CELLS PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. NOT SEVERE HAIL, BUT SMALL HAIL. WHEN YOU’RE OUT AT A STADIUM CAN BE PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE.