Best rain chance this week

Hope you had a great weekend and the heat wasn't too much. Last week was pretty nice for several days, and then August weather showed up Saturday and Sunday. Well, don't worry because we have another change that is about to take place this week.

Best rain chance of the week is tonight (Monday Night):

We have a front in the area that will set us up for scattered storms to move from west to east through our area. A few storms may produce some gusty winds up to 60 mph, but most of the storms won't be that intense. 

The cold front will be slow to move, but as it pushes south, it should help develop more rain and thunder over central and northern Kansas late into the night.

Some early morning showers are expected for the start of Election Day. I don't think they'll be around long and once we get into the afternoon, a bit more sunshine is likely.

Look how the pattern starts to change from Monday to the end of the week. The upper high pressure (sometimes referred to as the "heat dome") retreats from the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles to the mountains in the west. As it travels farther west, our heat backs off and we'll see several days this week with upper 80s for highs. Unfortunately, this kind of pattern is going to be very dry. So rain may not be back in Kansas for a week (or possibly longer)