Triple digit heat threatens while we wait for more rain

The cooler, midweek weather is just a tease on fall. You could say it's a little cruel what Mother Nature is doing to us, but summer is going to fight back and win down the stretch. One variable in all of this is the Kansas State Fair begins Friday, and it seems like we have some hot, some cold, and at least one day during the 10 day event where it rains. Let's see how that holds up this year.

Highs have to be near 100 to have a chance at setting records for Fridays date. Unfortunately, that's just where we will end up later this week.

Even if we see 100s later this week, it will NOT set records for "latest triple digits" in a season. See the stats for yourself. We would need to have 100s in late September or October to really threaten those records.

Why so hot so late:

It's all about the location of the high pressure in the upper atmosphere. It refuses to park itself anywhere else but near us, so that means more heat with no chance of rain through the weekend.

Still watching the Gulf of Mexico:

It's looking more likely that a major storm is NOT going to form in the gulf, but we could have a tropical storm somewhere in the western Gulf by the weekend. Even if this does turn out to be something, nearly all of the rain will end up right along the coast with little to no chance it can move this way.

Next chance for rain in Kansas: This should be coming Tuesday night/Wednesday next week. A front will enter the area and bring a round of rain to a good portion of the Plains. I don't think this will be nearly as heavy as the Labor Day weekend event turned out, but at least the chances will return for areas that are still dry.

Have a great day.