Every little thing you’ll want to learn about Sunday’s climate

Welcome again climate weblog readers! The robust chilly entrance and Bengals each arrived in Kansas Metropolis Saturday night.

It is time to get right down to enterprise.

Right here is every little thing you’ll want to know in regards to the climate for AFC Championship Sunday AKA the fifth Annual GEHA Discipline at Arrowhead Stadium Invitational, as our sports activities producer Nick Jacobs likes to say.

Beginning off Sunday
It is going to be a chilly and windy Sunday morning. For you early risers or these of you who will likely be ready in line on the Truman Sports activities Advanced earlier than dawn (7:28 a.m.), you may be coping with the coldest circumstances of the day because of a robust north wind.

Northern Missouri and Kansas in addition to North KC would be the coldest with wind chills within the negatives.

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Wind chills in northern Missouri and Kansas might not rise above zero till lunch. Hiawatha, Kansas, is included in a wind chill advisory from midnight to midday Sunday because it may really feel as chilly as -15° there.

Brrr brunch temperatures
I will give brunch a 2/10 on the Eat Exterior Index. Clearly, with wind chills within the single digits, it isn’t going to be snug outdoors, however some sunshine does warrant two factors because the solar will start to make an look throughout this era.

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Open up the gates, grills and sky
Gates for tailgating on the Truman Sports activities Advanced open at 1 p.m., and that is simply in regards to the time sunshine comes out, lastly offering a bit bit of heat for tailgaters or these simply eager to stroll the canine earlier than the sport.

The mixture of sunshine and really dry air will assist temperatures heat into the center 20s.

Why is dry air useful? There’s something referred to as the precise warmth capability — the extra moisture within the air, the extra warmth or power it takes to alter the temperature. Because of this deserts warmth up and funky down drastically and shortly.

Couple the sunshine with lighter wind, nonetheless blowing at 10-15 mph, within the afternoon, and will probably be bearable outdoors for a couple of hours in case you’re sporting a number of heat garments!

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Recreation time
Sundown is at 5:35 p.m. Sunday, proper round kickoff. These braving the chilly within the higher deck might have a pleasant view of a pink sky at evening … a Chiefs delight!

Temperatures on the stadium at kickoff will likely be close to 22° with the wind chill close to 11° with a continued breezy north wind, which may trigger the ball to maneuver a bit throughout kicks.

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Some historic context for the chilly temperatures: Meteorologist Cassie Wilson crunched the numbers and located we’ve a bonus each time wind chills are beneath freezing!

Postgame celebrations
By the top of the sport, the wind will increase a tad, and clouds will transfer again overhead, which can assist outside circumstances.

Clouds will assist maintain warmth on the floor and wind will forestall the chilly and hotter air from separating (chilly air on the floor, hotter aloft.)

With all that being mentioned, it’s going to nonetheless be fairly chilly with wind chills maybe going beneath freezing within the northland.

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If you’re touring residence late Sunday into central and southern Missouri, some mild snow is feasible with perhaps a dusting by Monday morning for cities like Butler, Clinton, Sedalia, Marshall, Concordia and Odessa.

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If you’d like forecast updates, you’ll want to comply with me on social media. I am on all of them @WesWeather.

Keep heat everybody and go CHIEEEEEFS!