First dry stretch in over a month coming up

Hope you are having a great week. We are heading into one of our first dry stretches of weather in over a month, and likely to be the warmest periods of time we've had all year. It will start feeling more like one would expect in Kansas in June. 

Here's the setup for now:

There is a large heat dome that has been cooking the western US. Just take a look at the high temperatures Wednesday afternoon. It's not that uncommon to see 100s in Vegas and Phoenix, but it has been very hot farther north into the Pacific Northwest. 

All of the hot air is expanding and pushing east right into our first weekend of June. It will most likely be hotter in Minnesota than in many areas of Kansas Friday/Saturday. There will be record temperatures tied or broken both days in the Dakotas.

We are not forecasting a major heat wave. In fact, it will be quite the opposite as we start injecting more humidity to the air later in the weekend, our afternoon temperatures will actually drop a bit. It won't be as cool as we have been, but for most of Kansas, we will be near normal for early June. Look what happens by the end of the weekend; we fall back to the lower half of the 80s in much of the state.

Hottest weather in all of June may arrive late next week:

There's a good chance we will be around 90° at the end of our first full week of June, and some places a bit hotter. It's not going to set records of any kind, and it may end up being the hottest weather we will have for the rest of the month. Just take a look at what happens beyond the middle of the month (shown below). That's right, cooler weather is going to find it's way to back. We use the word "cooler" very carefully because at this time of the year, we are still muggy and likely in the 70s/80s. It may not feel that cool to you, but relative to the normal (or average) we should have some decent temperatures down the road (and NOT a major heat wave).

Have a great day.