Shifting weather patterns into early November - might be good news for many

We are moving out of the deep freeze... for now! The weather pattern is shifting around and going to allow much of the Plains to see a return to some more typical weather. It won't necessarily be warmer than normal, but we are inching back closer to fall weather.

The changing pattern will be good news for the fires in California. We are about to see a complete reversal of the winds, and they will soon be blowing from the water to the land (called an "onshore" flow) that will bring more humidity to the area. That should happen late in the weekend or the beginning of next week.

Kansas - next week:

Get ready for a somewhat milder week. We don't have any snow in the forecast and although temperatures may warm up for the beginning of the week, they likely won't stay that way. If we look to the north, there's still some VERY cold air in the Dakotas and some of that may break off and move south. If that happens (and confidence is growing that it will), it will likely arrive by midweek.

The jet stream winds are coming from the northwest too, so chances of moisture are VERY SLIM throughout the week.

Here's a snapshot of temperatures for the first full week of November. Looks quite cold over the central Plains all the way up into central Canada. We expect it to be cold, but this maps shows Kansas about 10° below the normal highs in the upper 50s.

Precipitation chances don't look that good:

the overall setup will keep most of the moisture east of the central Plains. We may have some occasional encounters with drizzle or light precipitation, but nothing that stands out as heavy. Even most of the snow will likely stay north of our area.

Have a great day and Happy Halloween!