KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Good Tuesday bloggers,
That was a great game Sunday with Mahomes throwing five touchdowns in 11 football minutes! Since we have Mahomes, we have another game to play at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium this Sunday. We are going to go day-by-day to divisional Sunday.
First, we are in a mostly dry weather pattern for the next seven days. We are in a dry flow as systems race in from the northwest. The storm that ended the snowflake contest is in the North Atlantic. So, we do not expect much, if any, precipitation between today and Sunday. However, we are in an up-and-down temperature pattern.
Let's go through this forecast.
TODAY:
We will have a south to southwest breeze at 5-15 miles per hour under a partly to mostly sunny sky. Since most of the snow has melted in our area, we should see highs reach 50 to 55 degrees.
A cold blast arrives tonight around midnight.
WEDNESDAY:
It will be mostly cloudy, windy and very cold with temperatures all day between 15 and 20 degrees and wind chill values around zero. A period or two of flurries and very light snow is possible, but we do not expect any accumulation. We will watch it.
On the wider view you can see are small band of light snow and flurries is the start of a more substantial storm system along and south of Interstate 44.
On the even wider view you can see we are in the southern edge of the Arctic air. This means it can leave quickly. Temperature will be in a 100 degrees range from the 80s in south Texas to around -20 degrees in the Dakotas!
THURSDAY:
After lows plummet to the single digits, we will struggle to the teens under a partly cloudy sky.
FRIDAY:
The wind will swing around to the southeast. So, after lows in the single digits we will see highs rebound to the 20s as a warm front approaches. The cold front in the northern Plains will race through Friday night, leaving the Arctic air well north.
SATURDAY:
The warm and cold fronts from Friday will race through, leaving a weakening cold front to our east and a new warm front to our west. Notice, the Arctic air will be north of Interstate 80 and leaning away.
We will see highs of 35 to 45 degrees with a light northwest to north breeze.
CHIEFS SUNDAY:
On the wide view, we are in a large warm sector of an "Alberta Clipper" system that is tracking southeast across the upper Midwest. Alberta Clipper systems originate in western Canada and race southeast. On their south side you get big warm-ups and mostly dry weather followed by a cold blast. On their north side it stays cold and you can get accumulating snow. Right now, it looks like we are well south of the clipper in the warm sector. The cold blast behind the clipper would arrive Monday or even Tuesday.
Timing of the system will be everything. We could even pull the 50s into our area. Now, if the clipper tracks much farther south, then we could be colder. We will follow this all week long.
Have a great week and stay healthy.
GO CHIEFS!
