For the 1st time in a longgggg time there are no heat advisories/warnings in effect for a good chunk of the region. The closest is a Excessive Heat Warning for areas towards the OK border...and it's a reminder that the heat has been pushed about 4+ hours south of here and will sit there for awhile. I believe yesterday was the coolest day in Oklahoma City since June 28th...and they still hit 95 degrees!

Here in KC we almost made it up to 100 in the Downtown area...we hit 99 there with a high of 94 @ KCI. The bigger story was the violent storms that formed in the mid afternoon producing wind gusts of close to 70 MPH in the area, mainly through the central and N/NE side of the metro and lots of power outages. At one point close to 40K customers were without power and some still are as lots of trees were snapped. The winds maximized out towards Lafayette County near the Higginsville area with winds of close to 95 MPH...which is about the equivalent to an EF1 tornado...or the equivalent to a high end EF1 hurricane.

The morning radar shows a developing area of rain/thunder, not severe, moving through NE KS and heading this way. At this point it doesn't liik like the heaviest part of this rain will effect the metro. instead sort of splitting around us. The rain yesterday was very heavy in spots and next to nothing in others as is typical of these clusters of storms.

We are now in NW flow, with the spectacle of these disturbances being with us for the next 3-4 days. It appears the rain chances will fade tomorrow but then go back up again WED into THU...and depending on the timing of WED disturbances, there is potential for some very cool weather days in there. There is some cooler air to the NW of KC...with reading in the 50s now in NE...

Here is a look at the forecast from last nights NAM model for later WED PM showing the disturrbances, the issue will be the timing and the strength of these things...some may evolve through like this AM's...others may of have thunder should they come through with more energy.

While the worst of the summer heat is done with KC, there are still some very hot days showing up after we get done with this NW flow, which may not be for another 7-10 days. The heat will never be to far away, and it's tough to see how areas south of the Red River in TX will get a break from the drought and the heat. With the searing heat so close in the world of weather, once that ridge rebuilds, which there are indications of that potential happening towards the middle/end of August we could start talking about more 100 degree heat again. Long ways away but that heat is fierce and we're too close for it not to make a run on our area again. The days are getting shorter but still...100+ is not out of the question depending on how saturated the soils get between now and 8/15 or so...we'll see.


joe