Another front closing in - what happened to hurricane season

We are closely watching and waiting to see if a front coming in during the weekend will be of any help to Kansas or if it will be just another dud. Late last week we had some nice rainfall in southwest and some parts of south central Kansas, but it wasn't enough and really failed to produce some of the advertised amounts. Summer storms can be so aggravating - in this case the front got pushed farther south and thus most of the heavier stuff went south. 

Saturday night (Aug. 6) - Most of the action is going to be north of Kansas and on the High Plains of Wyoming and Nebraska. If some of that reaches Kansas, it will be in the far northwest with very little chance of getting south of I-70.

Sunday night (Aug 7) - With some luck, we will have the front dipping farther south into the state, translating into a slightly better chance for northern Kansas to have some rain. The setup still favors widely SCATTERED rain - not widespread and heavy. 

Monday evening (Aug 8) - Odds are a few storms may try to develop along the front farther south (southwest and south central) either Monday evening or overnight. There are still some factors working against the rain chance, so it may not be anything to write home about. However, this appears to be the only thing on the horizon right now to help bring some rain. 

Get ready for some much cooler weather - even if for just a few days:

It's looking like Monday and Tuesday will have some cooler weather for the central/northern Plains. Highs should fall into the 80s for a couple of days, putting us back below normal for a change. This isn't something that will last for more than a few days, at least we will have some opportunity at heat relief. 

Hurricane Season update:

The Atlantic basin has been extremely quiet as of late and will probably remain that way for another week or so. The last name storm was Colin and as soon as the activity picks up again, our next named storm will be Danielle. 

If we look across Africa, you can see different areas of thunderstorms making their way to the west. That train of active weather will soon be into the Atlantic, and one would suspect that's where the season will pick back up once again (assuming other ingredients come together). It's completely normal for the trade winds to blow from east to west, which is why most of the tropical weather systems move from east to west. If the upper-level winds remain favorable, we may soon have some rapid development. 

Perseid Meteor Showers:

Get out and look for some meteors. Best viewing is likely this week/weekend because next week when the show peeks, we will be heading for full moon stage and that will wash out some of the faint meteors. I'm always amazed at how small these things are (about the size of a rice krispie) and they travel at roughly 37 miles/second. 

That's it for now - have a great day.