Showers and thunderstorms are making their way into the Kansas City metro Wednesday morning, but no severe weather is expected , according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
The best time for measurable rainfall will be from rush hour into the early afternoon in the western parts of the NWS forecast area. Radar shows the storms are approaching Kansas City from the southwest, moving through Oklahoma and Kansas before reaching the metro.
Weather models are showing increased chances of lightning and thunder accompanying the rain, the weather service said in a forecast discussion Wednesday. Although the best chances for rain are in the morning, low clouds and drizzle could continue later into the day.
Showers could linger into the evening mostly east of U.S. Highway 63, according to the weather service. The forecast is predicting less than half an inch of rain for most of the region.
“All of this said, certainly no severe weather is expected, and the occurrence of thunderstorms should be fairly sparse and brief,” the weather service said in its forecast discussion.