Good morning,
It was pretty cool out there this morning. Some of our bloggers who commented on the weather blog reported morning lows from 40 degrees at 130th & State Ave in KCK to near 45 in Paola. Quite a spread across the area. Seems that geography played a role in some of the deviation. The coolest reading came from Lawson, MO where the temperature dipped to 37.7 but blogger Watkins Gal said the temperature reading was taken in a valley. Cold air does tend to drain downhill because it is more dense. So low lying areas were likely the coolest this morning. Also pretty cool this morning was the fog. Jack Dannell sent me this picture from near Lone Jack. You can clearly see how this low lying area was also very conducive for fog formation.
The water tower sits up on a hill so the air cooled enough at the base of the hill to reach the dew point and a dense stratus cloud (or fog) to develop.
Have a great Thursday,
Brett