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Freezing Rain and Fog Cause Hazardous Conditions in Kansas City

Schools close as weather service warns of potential ice accumulation; warmer weather expected next week.

  • Kansas City area experiences freezing rain and fog, causing hazardous driving conditions and school closures.
  • Dense fog advisory in effect until noon, with visibility limited to a quarter mile or less in some areas.
  • Freezing rain remains a possibility across northern Missouri, with a light glaze to up to a tenth of an inch of ice possible mainly north of U.S. 36 highway in the St. Joseph area.
  • Chances for rain expected throughout the remainder of the week, with warmer and drier weather returning early next week.
  • Temperatures expected to climb to around 50 degrees by Monday.
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