It's a soggy Monday in Kansas City blog readers, and the rain is here to stay for really the entire day! We are even looking to break a daily rain record. But behind all this rain that fall chill is finally loading, so get ready to turn on the heat in your household.
Monday Rain
The rain is already here and will remain steady through midday. As of 5 a.m., we had already picked up about 0.25" of rain at the airport.
We are expecting 1-2" of rain for most locations today which will allow us to easily break the daily rain record for Kansas City of 0.49" set back in 1985. But it's not just today, November has already been a wet month. We are already above normal for the month. The wettest November in Kansas City was back in 1931 when we saw over 9" of rain fall through the month.
We are expecting steady rain with periods of moderate to heavy showers through the early afternoon. Here is a look at what radar could look like by 1 pm today.
As the core of this storm approached this afternoon and the trailing cold front, we could see some embedded thunderstorms. Don't expect a lot of severe weather but gusty winds remain possible today. Winds will be gusting near 40 mph as the front approaches and thunderstorms could hold gusts near 50-55 mph. The window to stormy weather looks to be between 1 to 7 p.m., otherwise, just expect this cool steady rain. The window for scattered strong thunderstorms with that wind threat for the Metro core looks to be 4 to 6 p.m.., then we dry out quickly behind the front.
Some light showers remain possible for areas north of HWY 36 through the evening, with clearing skies expected as we move through the evening. On the back side of this system, we kick off a cooling trend.
Cold Air
Tuesday will be sunny with temperatures in the 50s, but by Wednesday 40s arrive.
It will be the overnight temperatures where the chill really loads. Expect a string of below-freezing overnight temperatures Wednesday through the early part of next weekend.
We haven't held onto a lot of cold air this Fall, so this might be a bit of a shock to the system for many. We are sitting in the top 5 for the warmest falls ever in KC history at this point of the season!
The coldest we got in September was 46°, and we only dipped below freezing once in October.
Keep in mind this chilly overnight trend is actually near normal, so when it comes down to it, Fall is just trying to finally show up!
