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0.06″ At KCI Is Ridiculous

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Good morning bloggers,

You would think that one of these chances for rain in May would have hit everyone in our viewing area at least one or two times, but instead we keep getting missed and May ends up very dry.  Watching radar last night again was frustrating as the areas of rain and thunderstorms just fell . . . → Read More: 0.06″ At KCI Is Ridiculous

Afternoon/Evening Update

Bloggers,

Check out this interesting late May surface map at 2 PM:

We should be in a favorable position for heavy thunderstorms tonight between the two fronts.  Our forecast continues to be in the range of 0.25″ to 1.25″.  There will likely be a few thunderstorms capable of producing one inch of rain in less than an hour and if you get . . . → Read More: Afternoon/Evening Update

Morning sunshine & will it rain tonight?

Good morning bloggers,

We had a few thunderstorms between midnight and 3 AM. Here is a picture of one of the many lighting flashes from last night:

The day is starting out sunny and calm.  Clouds will be increasing this afternoon and evening with a 90% chance of showers and thunderstorms moving in tonight.  Rainfall amounts will likely . . . → Read More: Morning sunshine & will it rain tonight?

Early morning/midnight thunderstorms

Good early morning bloggers,

I showed the developing thunderstorms on 41 Action News at 10 PM and now they have expanded.  I thought most of the activity would stay south of I-70, but a few of the cells are just north of I-70. These thunderstorms will move by before sunrise and then we will focus on the . . . → Read More: Early morning/midnight thunderstorms

Rainfall Scenarios For Thursday

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Good morning,

We hope you had a nice holiday weekend. It was rain free in most spots, although a few thunderstorms formed along a slow moving front yesterday evening southeast and east of Kansas City.

A storm will be developing and approaching the area Wednesday.  How this storm evolves, develops, and tracks, will help decide how rain & . . . → Read More: Rainfall Scenarios For Thursday

Happy Memorial Day

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Happy Memorial Day bloggers,

Tropical Storm Beryl has moved in from the Atlantic Ocean and across north Florida. This is the second tropical storm of the season already with the official starting date for hurricane season still ahead of us on Friday, June 1.  Beryl was the second strongest land falling tropical storm system in recorded history . . . → Read More: Happy Memorial Day

Windy already!

Good morning bloggers.

It’s already windy!  Today is windy, near 90, but not as humid as yesterday.  Below are the wind gust speeds as of 8 am.

Ever wonder how exactly they measure these “wind gusts?”  Well, the NWS uses the following algorithm:

1. NWS sensors record the 5-second average wind speed.
2. During the course of a minute, 12 . . . → Read More: Windy already!

Here we are: Memorial Day Weekend

It’s here, already!  What is overdubbed by TV-people everywhere as “the unofficial start to summer!”

It is fitting, however, with a heat index near 100 degrees today, and a forecast high of 93, we’d be the hottest so far this year and break a record high as well.

Tomorrow, with a more southwest wind, the dewpoints will drop . . . → Read More: Here we are: Memorial Day Weekend

A Warm Front Is Heading Back North

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Good morning,

It’s Friday!  Thunderstorms formed again around 4 AM north of a developing warm front. Here is a radar image from 5:30 AM:

The thunderstorms continue to form north of the warm front, which I have plotted and posted below.  How much rain have you received?  Here is a picture I took around 6 AM when it . . . → Read More: A Warm Front Is Heading Back North

Thunderstorms are developing along the front

Good evening,

A line of thunderstorms has developed in this 5 PM hour and they are intensifying and moving east. The cold front is moving through much later than I was expecting today, the cap is breaking as it has tremendously weakened, and now these thunderstorms are organizing into a nice line and moving in from the . . . → Read More: Thunderstorms are developing along the front