Hopefully your week is off to a good start. Nice to see some sunshine and drier weather for a change, but severe storms are on the horizon again and we could be going through a rough stretch soon.
Our weather should remain rather quiet through Thursday and even most of Friday isn't looking too bad. But the combination of higher humidity and an approaching storm by Friday night will bring stronger chances of rain and thunder back into the Plains.
Just look at the two maps showing dew points for Kansas. Remember, dew points give us a measure of how much moisture is in the air. Yesterday (Monday) - the map shown above, the air was fairly dry and it was comfortable even as temperatures approached 80°. However, as we get into the middle of the week, the humidity will surge as Gulf of Mexico moisture continues to move north. You will likely feel it by Wednesday or Thursday.
In addition to watching the humidity go up, we will also be seeing stronger winds at
30,000-40,000 feet coming into the Plains. That will increase the chances of larger hail and high winds, and also put us in a spot to see increasing tornado chances too. And this will be a setup that presents itself not only Friday, but Saturday too. So it will be a two day severe weather setup to ease us back into the active pattern.
Then next week... more chances of rough weather. We will have ANOTHER coming from the west. If you look at the map below, you'll see the storm over the Pacific, and that will certainly roll our way at the beginning of the week. So we will surely be talking about more stormy days leading up to Memorial Day.
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