Summer is back

Hope you had a good weekend and ready or not, summer weather is surging back into our area. I guess the timing is appropriate for kids and teachers going on summer break, but it is still WAY too early in the season to be getting this hot. Record highs will be challenged this afternoon with temperatures running about 20 degrees warmer than normal.

For some areas, tomorrow might even be hotter than today. I'm drawing a stationary front on the map at 6 p.m. today. That same front will be sliding south for Tuesday, so some areas will see the temperatures coming down a little, while other areas (south of the front) get hotter. More records could be broken on Tuesday. 

Temps Monday at 6 p.m.

Temps Tuesday at 6 p.m. Not as hot north of the front

We are heading toward the unofficial start to the summer season and Memorial Day weekend could be stormy throughout the area. There are mixed feelings about it because everyone wants to be outside, but if this is what it takes to make it rain here again, plan lots of outdoor events. It's not very clear when our best chance for rain will be, but I'm very confident we will get storms in Kansas beginning Wednesday night for the west and then chances spread east for Thursday - Sunday night. Confidence is fairly high because of a storm approaching from the southwest US and a stalled front over the area. The setup doesn't look to favor a lot of severe storms (thank goodness), but some hail and wind will be a possibility with stronger storms. Look for updates throughout the week on the timing of rain chances, but even this far out, it is safe to say we will have several different rounds of rain coming our way. How much we get... well, that remains to be seen, but we can hope it's more than just 12 drops. =)