Much cooler weather and return of Storms
Been a while since I have wrote a blog post, but i guess its better then never! Over the last couple of weeks hot, humid weather has engulfed the central plains while the NAO was also skyrocketing. This is attributing to the above average temperatures over the central plains.
Current NAO Chart;
As you can see we are already dropping off pretty sharply and the NAO will continue to be quite negative through the week of June 16th. This will allow more cooler air to filter into the country. However, the heat will continue to just run its course in the deep south, particularly in Texas where they are an extreme drought on-going.
OHHHHHH YESSSSS – THE COOL DOWN – PRAISE THE LORD
A cool front will continue to move southeast and is currently situated over central Nebraska through central Minnesota. This will move southeast through the overnight hours and just stall over southeastern Nebraska and southern Iowa tomorrow as a stationary warm front;
Temperatures were in the 90s and near 100 degrees from much of Kansas through much of Nebraska through central Minnesota today, that will change tomorrow. The heat will generally stay south of I-70 in the central plains;
Hot temperatures from I-70 south in the upper 90s to near 100 and even over that combined with dew points in the upper 70s and low 70s will make for a brutal hot day once again for areas such as Kansas City, St Louis, Topeka Kansas and anywhere south of that area as well.
THE STORMS
Relief is on the way this stationary warm front near the Kansas Nebraska border and Iowa Missouri border will ignite severe thunderstorms tomorrow evening. Moisture combined with CAPE values of 3000-4000, dew points in the upper 60s to low 70s as well as high shear values;
They will most likely form from northern Kansas through Central Iowa and will move north with the warm front mid to late Wednesday evening producing Damaging Winds, Large Hail and some Isolated tornadoes with-in the higher shear values, particularly along and south of Interstate-80 in eastern Nebraska and Iowa.
Speaking of COOLNESS – Thursday will be even cooler across the northern Plains with 60s and 70s for Highs mainly from Northwestern Kansas through Nebraska, Iowa on north due to all the Thunderstorms and Clouds over the area. It will feel quite invigorating i must say.
Well have an awesome evening folks!
