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A chance of rain overnight heading into a stormy Tuesday

Scattered thunderstorms are likely to develop Tuesday morning.

A chance of rain overnight heading into a stormy Tuesday

Scattered thunderstorms are likely to develop Tuesday morning.

WEATHER. WELL, FIRST WE HAD THE HEAT, THEN WE GOT THE HUMIDITY AND NOW WE GET THE STORMS. STORMS. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE WATCHING FOR HERE. COMING. AND YOU KNOW, AS USUAL FOR KANSAS CITY, IT’S NEVER LIKE AN EASY SETUP FOR US. IT’S KIND OF A CONDITIONAL SETUP. MEANING WELL, IF THIS HAPPENS THEN THIS MIGHT HAPPEN. OR IF THE STORMS DEVELOP A CERTAIN WAY, THEN SEVENTH GRADE MATH THERE. YOU KNOW THEN THAT YEAH, THAT’S EXACTLY THAT’S EXACTLY IT. RIGHT. SO HERE’S HOW WE’RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE WEST. WE HAVE THAT KIND OF MILKY HAZY SKY. WE’RE CLOUDY. IT’S 80 DEGREES. WE HAD A WARM WEEKEND, BUT IT WASN’T HUMID. THAT’S CHANGED TODAY THOUGH. LOOK AT THE HUMIDITY LEVEL 60%. SO WE’VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR. THE WIND HAS PICKED BACK UP OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. WE’RE GUSTING AT 32 MILES AN HOUR. SO IS BREEZY. IT’S WARM. WE’RE ALL DRY RIGHT NOW. 82 IN LEE’S SUMMIT, 82 IN GRANDVIEW, 81 FOR OVERLAND PARK AND SHAWNEE OLATHE. YOU’RE AT 80 DEGREES. LIBERTY AT 82. SAME FOR CAMERON, 85, IN LAWRENCE. SO IT’S WARM. IT’S HUMID. FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE SUMMER AS FAR AS ANY RAIN OR THUNDERSTORMS. WE’RE NOT SEEING ANYTHING LOCALLY. IN FACT, OUT IN THE CENTRAL PARTS OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA, THINGS ARE PRETTY QUIET OUT THERE AS WELL. AND THAT’S THE AREA THAT WE’RE MONITORING FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT. AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING. EVENTUALLY THOSE STORMS ARE GOING TO MOVE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT INTO OUR MORNING TOMORROW. NOW OUT AHEAD OF IT, WE MIGHT SEE AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. SO A SLIGHT CHANCE LATER ON THIS EVENING. BUT THE BULK OF YOUR EVENING IS GOING TO BE DRY. SO THINK OF YOUR EVENING PLANS. WE’RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD AND OUR TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO START COOLING BACK INTO THE 70S. SO NOT A BAD EVENING FOR US, BUT LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH MATT AND KELLY, WE HAVE KIND OF A CONDITIONAL SETUP HERE FOR TOMORROW. SO REALLY TWO SCENARIOS THAT WE ARE MONITORING. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS OVER THE WEEKEND. NICK WAS TALKING ABOUT IT THIS MORNING. SO SCENARIO NUMBER ONE, WE GET THOSE BIG STORMS OUT WEST AND THEN AS THEY ARRIVE THEY’RE WEAKER. AND THAT WOULD SET US UP THEN FOR A GREATER RISK LATER IN THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR STORMS TO REFIRE AND POTENTIALLY BECOME SEVERE. THAT’S SCENARIO NUMBER ONE. SCENARIO NUMBER TWO, THOSE STORMS THAT WILL DEVELOP OUT WEST, THEY’RE A LITTLE BIT STRONGER WHEN THEY ARRIVE TOMORROW MORNING. WE’LL SEE MORE STORMS, MORE CLOUDS. THAT WOULD THEN REDUCE OUR RISK OF SEEING SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE’RE KIND OF MORE SO LEANING TOWARDS THE FIRST SCENARIO HERE. THAT’S WHAT LOOKS A LITTLE MORE LIKELY. WE’LL SEE SOME RAIN AROUND THE BIGGER STORMS, WHERE YOU SEE THE ORANGE WILL BE OUT TOWARDS CENTRAL PARTS OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. THEY’LL WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE IN EARLY IN THE MORNING TOMORROW, SOME SMALL HAIL, SOME WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 ARE POSSIBLE, BUT I DON’T THINK WE’D SEE MUCH OF THAT THEN AS WE GO OUT OF THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON, THOSE STORMS WILL START TO REDEVELOP AND REFIRE MORE SO IN OUR FAR NORTHEASTERN COMMUNITIES, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO CHILLICOTHE AND TRENTON INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI, WHERE YOU SEE THE ORANGE HERE, LARGER HAIL COULD DEVELOP STRONGER WIND GUSTS, AND THERE’S A GREATER RISK OF SEEING A TORNADO OR TWO AGAIN IN THAT ORANGE AREA. AND IN THE METRO HERE, WE’RE KIND OF JUST ON THE FRINGE OF THAT. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOUR BY HOUR ON FUTURE SCAN THIS EVENING? MAINLY DRY. YOU SEE A FEW SHOWERS. THAT’S A LOOK AT 11:00. COULD DEVELOP NOT SEVERE. THE BIGGER STORMS ARE GOING TO BE OUT WEST. WE GET THE LEFTOVERS THERE. 7:00 IN THE MORNING TOMORROW. THEY MOVE IN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THEN WE GET SOME OF THAT REDEVELOPMENT AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND NOTICE THAT IT’S MOSTLY FOCUSED OFF TO OUR NORTH AND NORTHEAST, AND IT COULD EVEN BE MORE SO UP INTO IOWA. AND FAR NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI WITHIN A FEW LEFTOVER SHOWERS. AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SO ALL THAT BEING SAID, DOWNLOAD OUR KMBC NINE NEWS APP THAT WE CAN GET THOSE ALERTS ON THE GO. OF COURSE, YOU CAN WATCH US ON KMBC AS WELL. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED HERE. IF WE GET ANY SORT OF WATCHES OR WARNINGS AS WE GO THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE’RE DRY ON WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES IN ON THURSDAY. THAT’S NOT LOOKING SEVERE, BUT IT COULD BRING US SOME MORE RAIN, SOME THUNDERSTORMS. WE DO NEED THE MOISTURE. NOTICE IT’S GOING TO BE COOLER 64 ON THURSDAY THE
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A chance of rain overnight heading into a stormy Tuesday

Scattered thunderstorms are likely to develop Tuesday morning.

Scattered thunderstorms are likely to develop Tuesday morning. Some storms could redevelop Tuesday afternoon, especially east of the Kansas City metro. Temperatures will reach the upper 70s on Tuesday, then cooler and drier air moves in for the rest of the week. There is a chance for showers and some storms on Thursday. Later this week, highs will only be in the mid-50s to near 60, with lows in the mid-30s to near 40 through the weekend. Warmer temperatures should return next week.

Scattered thunderstorms are likely to develop Tuesday morning.

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Some storms could redevelop Tuesday afternoon, especially east of the Kansas City metro.

Temperatures will reach the upper 70s on Tuesday, then cooler and drier air moves in for the rest of the week. There is a chance for showers and some storms on Thursday.

Later this week, highs will only be in the mid-50s to near 60, with lows in the mid-30s to near 40 through the weekend.

Warmer temperatures should return next week.