Looks like he could be wrong.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can&#39;t stress this enough, widespread freezing rain expected this weekend. Please prepare, as hazardous travel and power outages possible <a href="https://t.co/D7u7GtcYlt">pic.twitter.com/D7u7GtcYlt</a></p>&mdash; NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSKansasCity/status/819155870139424768">January 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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I've read 6 different scenarios for Sunday morning today. I don't suspect they'll have a firm handle on any of it until Saturday morning.

Thank god I'm flying in early Friday.

Freezing rain sucks balls. I don't envy you guys at all.

Maybe we can get the high slipping hazard to work in our favor, make Bell slip behind the line

The forecast seems to be improving slightly in STL, but still sucks ass in KC.

That's the main road between Springfield and the Bootheel.

From Chiefs subreddit:

"NWS is saying pretty low risk for large ice accumulation in KC. It looks like the worst will be south of KC. With the heaviest being along I44 between Springfield and STL. Keep in mind these are probabilities."

http://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pwpf...=72&ptype=icez

^ good interactive map showing percentages of ice buildup

So only 50% chance of anything more than 0.1 inch, and now the high is up to 36 with a low of 34.

Not too shabby.

Hopefully everyone wasn't already scared into selling their tickets and we get a good crowd for the game.

Remember we're still at Wednesday. Lot could change in 48 hours.

Anyway, how about that ****ing 30 degree temp drop in the last 3 hours? I was ready to break out shorts.

Worst temp drop I ever experienced though was sometime between Feb-April in 2009. It was a 40 something degree drop in 2-3 hours. You could look on the horizon and see black clouds bringing a huge cold front with it. Anyone remember that?

I'm in shorts on my deck in STL as I type this. Guess the front will hit here overnight.

When I was in college in Springfield in the early 90's, we had a day in November that was 70+ during the day, and by the time we got in from the bars that night, there was 4 inches of snow on the ground.

Was at a Chiefs game a number of years ago were the temperature dropped around 30 degrees in one half. Was almost like this. People who did not pay attention to the weather forecast were hosed.ROFL

Wasn't the biggest temp drop ever, nor the coldest game I've ever been to, but I'll never forget 12/14/08. SD vs KC, Willie Roaf was honored at halftime. It was 60 degrees in the parking lot during the tailgate and dropped into the 20's during the game.

Wasn't the 2010 home opener on MNF about a 30 degree drop and then storms?

Look up the Children's Blizzard for fun time reading.

They say the temperature dropped 100 degrees in some areas.

NWS forecast looking pretty bleak. Sounds like the majority of the ice will be coming late Saturday and the overnight hours of Sunday morning - making travel to the game a significant issue.

Calling for anywhere from .25 to .60 of ice.

Stop.

Not gonna believe it.

Never heard of such a thing

Just saw this from the NWS Kansas City...

Still early to be highly confident, but 0.25 - 0.75" possible

Looking good to make it to KC Saturday now, but have no idea how we'll get to Arrowhead Sunday AM. Any suggestions?

Kansas Ice Storms are nothing to miss around with they can freeze tree limbs and the tree limbs can fall on top of cars. So don't park under a tree. I've seen it happen.

Do snow chains work on ice? Google search has resulted in inconclusive evidence

I will be in bed...

Crazy stuff, we've had heat waves here recently that've knocked out the power a couple times. That contrast.

Ice skates?

Well, I don't want to believe it - but it's getting harder to discount it as we're getting closer.

I also don't want to stick you with a ticket, but I'm starting to have concerns about getting there. If it hits here in STL tomorrow/Saturday, I'm not even sure trains would leave the station - and that's if I can even get to the station.

Let's take a look at the forecast again tonight and tomorrow AM and I'll make a decision. Any word on Sunday night? Text me.

Heat waves can be deadly if out in the heat too long with heat exhaustion but so can the cold with frost bite and hypothermia and shock.


Both would be suckledge ways to die.


Kansas ice makes travel dangerous obviously. I've seen the heat wave make tires stick to asphalt or the oils in roads can make them slick too.

Kansas is extremely hot summer & can get extremely cold winters. During fall it can be 80 one day and 30 the next. Kansas can drop 50 degrees in a day. ****ing crazy weather we have.

Man that temperature difference in the one day is something we definitely don't get here. I guess that's what happens being so far from the coasts. Something to look forward to for when I visit KC one day LMAO

Hope the power stays on.

The joke is if you don't like Kansas weather wait a day.

This year we haven't even had enough snow to build a snowman. Weak sauce winter.


I like to bbq more when there is snow on the ground during winter months than in summer when it's hot. You can cook an egg with tinfoil on the hood of a car.

At this point I'm envious of even an 80F day. Been insanely hot.

If there's two inches of Ice the city will have no power to air the game, Right?

That hot this time of year? Wow. I didn't think Australia got that hot year round.

Here in Southwest Virginia our normal temps for this time of year is 28-34 degrees. this am we are 60 and the long range forecast is predicting 55-60 for the next 7 days.
Global Warming?

Lezak seems hopeful this won't be crazy bad but still ice.

Was just on 810...
Update http://weatherblog.kshb.com

Kansas City Weather Time-Line:

Today:*Becoming sunny to partly cloudy. There is a 0% chance of any freezing rain!

Tonight:*Increasing clouds with a 0% chance of any freezing rain. It will stay dry!

Friday morning:*Dry! So, between now and noon Friday we are forecasting it to stay dry!

Friday afternoon:*Most likely staying dry, but there is a 30% chance of some light freezing rain or sleet by sunset.

Friday night:*Some light freezing rain or sleet possible. Accumulations of under 1/10th of an inch possible.

Saturday:*A chance of freezing rain. Accumulations of 1/10th of inch possible.

Saturday night-Sunday morning:*Freezing rain increasing and accumulating. Temperatures between 28 and 32 degrees! Accumulations of 0.1″ to 0.5″ expected. This will cause slick and hazardous conditions to untreated surfaces. Heading out of your neighborhoods to go to tailgating Sunday morning may be challenging. Temperatures 30° to 32°Sunday afternoon:*Freezing rain changing to rain with temperatures rising to just above 32°

Sunday night-Monday:*A band of heavier rain moves in with temperatures jumping to 50° before sunrise

The winter storm watch being issued this early brings awareness to the ice storm. It will be dry in many areas until Friday night.

To be fair, I've heard that said by people all across the U.S.

I'm heading out into the abyss at 2pm. Will I die before reaching Dallas? Driving. Hopefully I beat it. Going thru Wichita and OKC

A. There wont be 2" of ice. Maybe .5"
B. Ice does not automatically mean no power.

LOL I have too. Growing up I thought it was a KS saying but everyone says it.

It's "Global Warming" just before we hit the next "Ice Age"

a couple years ago we had around a quarter of an inch here and lost power for over a week. i was just saying two inches would be devastating.

That's what she said

ROFLROFL

That's what's so frustration about climate change. What's a guy to wear?

It would be very bad indeed.

Around here one thing that happened after the big ice storms of 2008 and 2009 was they trimmed the absolute shit out of all the trees near power lines.

If they did a good enough job keeping up on tree trimming it should minimize the issues.

It's summer at the moment so doesnt tend to get that hot in other seasons. Middle of summer can be a killer. Really just depends on the year. Pretty temperate here in Sydney. Can be a lot worse elsehwere in Aus.

Winter storm watch from Friday night until halftime of the game

I heard winter storm warning from noon Friday through 2pm Sunday

Of course the year we have a home game, chance in the afc, we have an ice storm coming and hitting on sat night.

Because chiefs.

Let's follow Danes lead and get the **** out of this cold miserable shithole.

Watch right now from the NWS

Made me think back to the '03 season we have Peyton and the Colts coming to Arrowhead in January and it was like 65 degrees. :cuss:

was it that warm?


I remember it being cooooold.

Damn, I'm old.

Not that game the cold ones were '95 and '97

If it hits the (maximum) 1 inch of ice I'll lose 3/4ths of 2 weeks pay and likely have the neighbors tree crash on my home (which I've been told is an "act of God" and not covered by his insurance.)

Any thoughts on the potential ice storm this weekend?
 

The act of god crap is such bs. Hail is an act of god too.

I rented an SUV for this weekend but really clueless about if getting a taxi is the best way to get into Arrowhead Sunday morning. I plan on leaving by 8 am.

Remember, this is Summer down under....

Saw a few people mention the crazy temp drops they've experienced. Being from the midwest, I've experienced a few. The worst one for me though, me and my old roommate were gonna take the bikes out because we woke up and it was 60 degrees in January. We knew it wasn't supposed to last all day, but we wanted to get some ride time in. We took off from the house where it was over 60 F. We rode for a short time, and stopped at Gates to grab some lunch. In the hour we were inside eating, the temperature dropped from low 60s to upper 20s. It was so cold when I tried to start my bike, she said **** you, and wouldn't fire up. Had to pop the clutch to get her fired up. I had all my leather with me, and so did my buddy, but his ol lady was wearing a pair of yoga pants, and a leather jacket...
By the time we got back to the house, we had to help her off the bike because her legs had gone numb. She compared it to sitting on the toilet too long, only worse. That one experience has made me paranoid, and I almost always have an entire saddle bag dedicated to layers I can throw on in case I get caught again. I have long underwear, top and bottoms, extra gloves, a scarf and a neoprene facemask. I take it out over the summer, because we won't need them obviously, but if there's a chance the temp can drop, that stuff is with me.

If that tree falls there will be a lot of "acts of God."

Ten years ago today, we had "the ice storm" that knocked power out nearly citywide for about a week (some longer and some not as long). A lot of people are freaking out over this one by comparing it to the one ten years ago. While I'm going to hate it, I'm sure it won't be nearly as bad as everyone is freaking out over (knock on wood).

High temp in Joplin for Sunday is now 60 degrees. WTF?

Well if there's an ice storm it won't matter what you take its going to be an abortion. I took a taxi a few years ago to a preseason game it was kinda expensive and took awhile but we got dropped off right in front of the stadium. I think they changed that rule though.

They should extend the streetcar to Arrowhead.

Notch the tree in his direction

Lots of unsold tickets were listed today...
 

on ticketmaster in the lower level and upper level. Yesterday there was only the over priced Club Level seats and a few in the upper level. Did this weather system that is approaching have anything to do with this? I think so. Some of the Lower Level seats were front row. Are people turning there tickets back in because of this ice storm?

Ice is the worst. For sitting at the game, the rain hits you, you get wet, and then it freezes to you like a bomb pop. If it's just rain, that's not terrible, even snow is OK. But freezing rain and ice is just the worst. I shudder to think how many car accidents there'll be if it's a half inch of ice.

And, just plain slippery. I can't imagine the amount of ice melt Arrowhead will go through

I'm gonna be seriously PEEVED if we get POOPED ON by the weather!!!

I don't like walking up the steps in the 300s because they are so steep anyway but add ice to that with booze. OUCH!!

Yeah. Walking from the lot to the stadium could be a real pain.

Low on Sunday says 36. Can an ice storm really be a factor?

Yes because that's the temperature at ground level.

If it's above 32 at all, there won't be ice. The problem is it won't be 36 til up in the afternoon likely.

This ****ing sucks.

Freezing rain

I just went to weather.com and it has both the high and the low on Sunday being 36 degrees. That's odd

This is why they should have done the retractable rough.

Venue won't matter much if none of us can get there.

There are a shit ton of lower level tickets aviable now. So much for home field advantage.

No, but on field play would.

I hate that these games are influenced by weather when we have the measures to keep it from happening.

I'll be there... I'm going to yell like it's nobody's business.