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Meteorologist Joe Lauria
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Serving the viewers of western MO and eastern KS for almost 30 years as evening meteorologist for FOX 4 TV #mowx #kswx #kcwx
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Another week of warm to hot days for late September and early October. Rain would be nice...Mother Nature isn't feeling it yet. JL #fox4kc #mowx #kswx #kansascity.
September 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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got some work to do
July 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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We're still fighting the dry air below 10,000 feet. Red line is the temperatures and green is the dew point. When the 2 lines are spread apart it means drier air. Raindrops mostly evaporate falling from the cloud. JL #mowx #kswx
May 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Air quality is not good...10 times worse in the Wichita area. JL #mowx #kswx #kcwx
March 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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So we have a combo of dust (D) and smoke (S) on the late day satellite image. Tough to break it down more and there is dust in that smoke (S) region. The smoke is from OK mostly. This is truly a remarkable storm. JL #mowx #kswx #kcwx
March 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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What's show below: GFS forecast at 18,000 feet. Classic setup for major winds. Winds at that level will may approach 125 MPH
Effects: Winds, some rain, potential severe weather (esp MO side)
Aches and pains ALERT: Starting Thursday
March 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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St Joe chiming in...gusts to 60 MPH
March 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Contours are isotherms in 10° increments. Snow mixing in now towards W Lawrence and into Jefferson Co. JL #kswx
March 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Can you spot the storm? #mowx #kswx #kcwx
March 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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GM...typing away on a blog & will post by 9:30. If tomorrow is garbage day, may want to hold off getting the trash can out till the last possible moment. Intense storm overnight. Wall of wind after 10PM. Snow likely b4 12AM in KC. #fox4kc #mowx #kswx #kcwx
March 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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For reference these are the wind gusts from the 12/15/2021 wind storm in the region. Some areas may get stronger winds tomorrow night. JL #fox4kc #mowx #kswx #kcwx
March 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Some lows through 7AM this morning...ouch. Some localities below -15°. #mowx #kswx #kcwx #fox4kc JL
February 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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GM...dusting to 2" on average in Metro with the expected lull of sorts for this morning. Glad I made adjustments last night. Morning rush not terrible as expected...perhaps messy in spots. Lots of folks home anyway. JL #mowx #kswx #kcwx
February 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Also noticing a slow weakening of the decent snow band that has been pestering the northland for the last few hours. #mowx
February 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Snow increasing on north side of Metro, I-70 north over the next few hours. Watch for changing road conditions. #mowx #kswx #kcwx #kansascity #fox4kc
February 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Here's an eye popper! If you go above KC this evening to about 40,000 feet or so...where planes fly...

The winds right now are blowing from west to east at close to 190 MPH! #mowx #kswx #kcwx #kansascity
February 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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This band of snow south of 36 in N MO might produce 1-3" of snow in the next 4-6 hours. Moving mostly east with some south movement as well. Watch for changing road conditions on the north side this evening. JL #mowx #fox4kc
February 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Quick update on my FB page (joelauriafox4meteorologist)...regarding cold and snow. #mowx #kswx #kcwx #fox4kc
February 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Clearly a nasty week of weather ahead but it will get better towards the last week of February. JL #mowx #kswx #kcwx #fox4kc
February 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Winter storm watch is coming for Tuesday and Tuesday night for areas south of the Metro. This includes Ottawa, Garnett, Paola, Harrisonville, Sedalia, Clinton, Butler, Pleasanton etc. #mowx #kswx
February 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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🥶🥶🥶 Arctic air ALERT for next week 🥶🥶🥶

Looks very unpleasant. Sub-zero potential, perhaps -15° towards northern MO. School closing/delays possible a couple of days.

Map shows temps @ 5000 ft compared to average for Thursday at 7AM. That is brutally cold! JL #mowx #kswx
February 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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My colleagues at the NWS in KC are also doing severe weather spotter training. In person and virtually. Here is where and when. A reminder that severe weather can occur any month of the year. #mowx #kswx #kcwx JL
February 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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That's a heck of a cold start. #mowx #kswx #kcwx #fox4kc
January 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Today is day 12 of snow cover of 1" or more (we're down to 1" now"...this is nothing compared to the record! #mowx #kswx #kcwx
January 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Uh Oh...next weekend and into the week of the 20th. #arcticair potential again (perhaps stronger than this week) Shown: ~5000' temperature anomalies in °C) #mowx #kswx #kcwx #fox4kc
January 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM