Temperatures will increase slightly beginning today and into the weekend to near-seasonal values. Dry conditions will continue through the next several days as afternoon highs remain in the low to mid 80s next week. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming south southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. South wind 5 to 7 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 85. South wind 3 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. South southeast wind around 6 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South southeast wind 3 to 7 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 82.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 84.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 84.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 83.

Nice early September weather will continue to prevail through the end of the work week, with dry conditions and highs in the 80s expected this weekend. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service: 

Today: Sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 55. South southeast wind around 6 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 85. South southwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. South wind 3 to 6 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 3 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 81.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 82.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 82.

 

It’s going to be a really nice week across eastern Kansas and northern Missouri as near to below normal temperatures and dry conditions prevail across the Central Plains. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service: 

Today: Sunny, with a high near 74. Light west wind becoming north northwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. North northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Light and variable wind.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Light south wind.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 3 to 7 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 81.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 83.

Happy Meteorological Fall! The holiday weekend will start off with below normal temperatures, but they will slowly creep to above normal by Labor Day. Most of the weekend should be dry with storms possible this evening, mainly in NW MO/NE KS, and late Monday night, mainly along/south of HWY 36. No severe weather is expected right now with these storms. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:  

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind 3 to 5 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. East southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.

Labor Day: Sunny, with a high near 91.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 76.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 77.

Mostly sunny skies will continue throughout the holiday weekend. After a brief cool down on Friday temperatures will return to more summer-like readings for Sunday and Monday. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service: 

Today: Sunny, with a high near 83. Light north northeast wind becoming east northeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. East wind around 6 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind 3 to 6 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 89.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66.

Labor Day: Sunny, with a high near 90.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

 

High pressure will maintain control of our area through the remainder of the week. The result will be mostly sunny skies and temperatures right around 80 degrees each afternoon. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service: 

Today: Patchy fog before 8 a.m. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind.

Tonight: Patchy fog after 5 a.m. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 58. Calm wind.

Thursday: Patchy fog before 8 a.m. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming east northeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. East wind 3 to 6 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. East wind 3 to 5 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 84.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 88.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64.

Labor Day: Sunny, with a high near 85.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

High pressure will maintain control of the area through the remainder of the week. The result will be mostly sunny skies and temperatures right around 80 degrees each afternoon. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service: 

Today: Patchy fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 79. North northeast wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tonight: Patchy fog after 4 a.m. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 58. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Wednesday: Patchy fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Patchy fog after 4 a.m. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 60. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: Patchy fog before 8 a.m. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 84.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 86.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64.

Labor Day: Sunny, with a high near 83.

 

Watch out for foggy conditions this morning, especially in low lying areas. Otherwise, temperatures will generally be about 5 degrees cooler than normal this week with dry conditions prevailing. It looks like a fantastic week of weather across the area. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service: 

Today: Areas of fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 80. Light north wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming north northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 84.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 82.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 84.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 86.

 

It’ll be a great start to the weekend with cooler than normal temperatures and partly cloudy skies. A cold front will bring a chance for showers and storms Saturday night into Sunday, although no severe weather or flooding is expected. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South southeast wind 7 to 11 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 5 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind becoming north northwest around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 81.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 80.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 82.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 83.