Well it's been an eventful 24 hours, with heavy rainfall up towards the N of the KC area and some scattered, at best, showers around the metro...now things are settling down and starting to warm-up again with readings in the middle 80s as of this writing and heading back up to near 90 before the day is done. This will be the "cool" day for the next 5-6 days I think as another surge of summer heat heads this way, maxing out on Tuesday asI talked about on the air this AM.

The rainfall last night and this AM was impressive across N MO, anywhere from 1-3" or so fell up there, seemed to be maxed out along the 36 highway corridor region...take a look at the ground truth numbers from the NWS...

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Sadly while there was some rain in the metro this AM, it was rather scattered and also missed most of the reporting stations...so the dry spell goes on for another day...and really there is no appreciable rain in site for awhile, although opportunities will develop as the week moves along.

The heat will once again become the big issue as our dome of heat once again expands back up to the north. Emporia, as I write is 93 now...and aloft our temperatures above us today would support highs near 100. So as we erode this rain/cloud cooled air today/tonight, we should once again soar tomorrow. While 100 may be a push in downtown KC, by Monday that should not be an issue and I'm forecasting 100+ for Monday and Tuesday. We may see a front slide into the area later Tuesday PM bringing about a 5-15 degree reduction in highs for WED...along with the opportunity for some scattered storms although the cap may be too strong for much activity, especially later TUE...

The tropics are still somewhat active, there is another system that is out in the central Atlantic that may turn into a depression later today or tomorrow...should it be upgraded to a storm, her name would be Emily.

The system has a 70% chance of formation in the next 48 hours...

Speaking of the tropics, what's left of Tropical Storm Don is really next to nothing in far southern TX near Del Rio. There's more rain and heavier rain in MO right now than there is with "Don". I've seen dozens of these type of storms come ashore, but Don is the first one that I've seen that literally fell apart as it did so. The rainfall become some scattered that I think Corpus Christi had .02". There were some beefier totals around Brownsville but it was disappointing to say the least for an area of the country that really needed the rainfall. Interesting to note that the increased moisture and some cloudcover may break a streak in the Dallas area this afternoon. As of this writing they are at 94 degrees, they've had 28 straight days with highs 100+

It'll be interesting if they can get to that "magic" number today. If so then the next several days are virtual locks as the heat expands across the southern plains states. Waco has had 30 straight days of 100+. Right now they're at 93 degrees.

Have a great rest of the day...

Joe