A storm is expected later this week, but instead of snow, the Kansas City area will experience rain due to the arrival of warmer temperatures, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.

Anyone heading outside Tuesday should bundle up due to dangerous wind chill values, the National Weather Service said.

Warmer temperatures will filter into the Kansas City area on Wednesday, but the National Weather Service said the metro will remain cold. “Good news: It is exactly 30 degrees warmer in KC at 5 AM than it was yesterday at 5 AM!!” the weather service said in a post on Facebook. Temperatures were -8 degrees on Tuesday and 22 on Wednesday.

The coldest air of the season will begin filtering into the area Friday night, according to the National Weather Service. From Sunday to Tuesday, wind Chills are expected to bottom out between -10 and -20 degrees each morning and only reach the single digits in the afternoon.

The National Weather Service says several locations in Kansas saw record-breaking cold temperatures on Tuesday.

By CRISTINA JANNEYHays PostLow temperatures in northwest Kansas are forecast to drop into the single digits as of this weekend, according to

The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs will play in the AFC championship game in decent weather conditions on Sunday evening. The New York-based Bills and Missouri-based Chiefs are going into the second-most important game of the football season and good weather is important for the teams to perform their best.

Tuesday brought Topeka its lowest temperatures in almost four years, with the mercury plunging to minus 12 degrees.

A large search-and-rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport after a passenger jet and military helicopter collided midair Wednesday night. Officials, during a news conference early Thursday morning,

A major search and rescue operation is under way after a passenger plane with 64 people on board collided with a helicopter carrying three US Army personnel over Washington DC and crashed into a river.

Black Hawk that collided with passenger plane had 3 soldiers on board From CNN’s Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky The US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger aircraft had a crew of three and was not carrying any VIPs,

A passenger aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, after it collided midair with a helicopter as it approached the runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.