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Kansas City, Missouri – Missouri’s two largest metro areas have less than 48 hours to prepare for a developing winter system that could bring ice, sleet and snow along the busy Interstate 70 corridor by 9 p.m. Sunday. The key question now: are Kansas City and St. Louis about to get hit by an ice storm, or will warmer air keep roads mainly wet?
According to the National Weather Service in Kansas City, very warm and dry conditions Friday will give way to a more unsettled pattern Sunday into early Monday. Rain is expected across central and southern Missouri, but a transition zone of mixed precipitation is forecast to set up near and along I-70. That places both Kansas City and St. Louis near the potential battleground between rain and freezing rain…