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Welcome back Gary.  Here in rural Mclouth, KS we have .98 inches of rain and 39 degrees as of 6:15AM.

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Thanks and let us know what your final total is later today.

Gary

Welcome back, Gary!  Hope you had a good break.

Since midnight (don't know what happened with my gauge before that), I've had 1.1" of rain at 151st and Pflumm in Olathe.  

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Thanks for the report!  It's still raining.

Gary

More rain...More rain...More rain!!!!

Keep the rain coming....just take those 40's out of the forecast =]



Alex from Marceline

According to the rain gauge in my back yard there has been 1.75 in of rain in Bonner Springs.  I am pretty sure the rain gauge was empty last night.

Keri

Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, it was really chill when I stepped out to read my rain gage here, north of Leavenworth,  2.15" is what we are showing here. Rocked and rolled with heavy thunder and lightening about 2 am.
Amazing how quickly everything is turning green outside, but stop the rain, the farmers need to get their corn in.

Congratulations KU, what a fantastic game!!!
And welcome home Gary, while I always watch Brett and Jeremy, it makes me feel a lot better when your here during Tornado season.

Hi, Gary et al. The dogs and I just went out (them to do their morning dogginess, me to check the rain gauge). So far, we have 1.92" here in beautiful uptown Emma, MO.

The dogs emptied themselves, I emptied the  gauge, and we'll send a final total later today.

Walter Snyder

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Walter,

Breezy and Stormy just came in from outside too!  They are soaked, but done.  I am now on my way to a school with Stormy.

Gary

Bring the rain, the corn will wait, no worries for the corn unless its not down by the 28TH.  What we don't need is floods.  Thats what will happen if it doesn't slow down between now and Friday.

Gary, welcome back!  For those of us who'll be at the stadium wednesday night, is there any way you can replay the storm special, or post it to the web later?  I sure hate to miss it.
Thanks!

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I am sure we will have a way to access most of the show on our website later.

Gary

Welcome Home Gary!!!

I had a little over an inch of rain in SE Lee's Summit this morning. I'm hoping for more rain. My grass needs it really bad. I was looking at pictures from a BBQ we had last year at the end of march and my grass was already lush and green. It's just now waking up from the winter.

I'll update with a total when I get home

Gary,

I know you said many weeks ago that spring would be wet and below average temps but other than waiting for June, is there any hope of a string of 65-75 degree days, besides an occasional tease. I'm not complaining about the rain, but this cold and below average temps is really getting old. Anxiously awaiting your next 45 day predictions. Though I'm not glad about the weather, I am impressed as always with your accuracy!!!

Jeff

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Jeff,

We do have a good chance of a nice break with warmer temperatures next week.   We will talk about this possibility soon.  Long term, the averages will suddenly be in the 70s next month.  So, it has to eventually happen.  It will warm up soon.

Gary

Olathe North HS- 1.01"

I loving that setup for Thursday, could we finally get our 1st Moderate Risk? Could we still some snowflakes behind Thursday's storm? I'll have to check the new data when it comes in. Right Now, I'm so tired. Stayed up to 1am watching the Jayhawk special. That game was nerve racking.

1.8" overnight between Garden City and Creighton.  Water standing everywhere.  

Would like to have you raise the temperature a little for Saturday :^)

Looks like all the severe weather will be aligned again to our south.......Springfield to the Cape.  Might be pretty volitile down there Wed and Thurs.  Looks like another round of heavy rain for us.  Soil and Water Conservation Dept says it is one of the wettest (ground moisture 6-10 inches below surface) since samples been checked here in Henry County.  At least we are going to excape the Severe weather this week!  Jim in Clinton.

Welcome back, Gary! :)  I am in a great mood this morning since my Jayhawks won last night!

I will have a storm total for you later today.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU!

Kristi

WOW what a great game. I LOVE it!!!!!!!! KU was not favored to win by many sports commentators so that makes it even sweeter. :o) We recieved a good soaking...I have 1.35 in my rain guage. I am assuming the rain is over? Glad you had a nice time in Florida....it was nice weather here this last weekend.
Monica
Pleasanton, KS

Looks like this rain is coming to an end.....DREXEL 1.11"
When will we see an extended drying out period????

must say the KU game last night was a nail bitter there for awhile. Glad they took home the trophy though! Still raining here in western KCK, but looks like it should shutoff here quickly. Recorded 1.02 inches of rainfall here in KCK since 6AM April 7. Looking forward to some more rainfall later this week. I hope the trees do ok with this expected cold snap this weekend.

Bryan

10:15 am  Rainfall total 1.19" Lenexa, 79th & Pflumm.
David

gary are you seeing the moderate risk including us anytime soon? I am a little weary that the rain thursday morning will prevent is from becoming unstable. we have been through that a time or two..

gary are you seeing the moderate risk including us anytime soon? I am a little weary that the rain thursday morning will prevent is from becoming unstable. we have been through that a time or two..

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It will depend on the ability for the atmosphere to heat up.  If you just look at the surface low and set up, then I would say moderate risk.  Will the atmosphere warm into the 70s in the warm sector?

Gary

twister11, I doubt Thursday will be a moderate risk for us. The storms will be exiting the area by midday on Thursday this will limit heating potential here for us. Don't worry about it though...We will see a moderate risk over the area soon enough. We are still a little ways out from the actual start to severe season for the KC area.

So how much rain are we expecting Thursday and what time?  My son is supposed to have a soccer game around 6:30 PM.  Of course with as much rain as we are getting today - the fields may be too wet to play without additional rain. . .  Please put in an order for some DRY weather so we can get all these games played.  :)

My final total for 151st and Pflumm in Olathe is 1.4 inches.  My son has baseball practice tonight...wonder if the field will be too soggy.  

1.54 in Grain Valley, MO

Freakin' BRRRRRRRRRR..

Jus came in from checking my rain guage.  1.2 inches of rain since it began.
Near 65th & State

Now let's get some 70's in here, so we can see some storms.  Rumbles = warmth :)
Stacy

1.6 inches of rain in Harrisonville Gary.

Brent

Will it let me on today? PLEASE;)

Yeay!! it let me on;)
OK.  woke up at about 3 A.M. to the beautiful flash of lightning and the sound of windows rattling as a steady area of rain with lightning and thunder moved in, nice.
Now it is once again dark, gray, and cool with low clouds and some more drizzle on the radar.   Nice to see another wet system with it's eyes on us within 48 hours, that one could be a doozy.  Yes it will warm up, it has to, but it may be a struggle to get 90 degree weather this year, at least until July, this year we may notice the humidity more than the actual heat for the early "summer"(late spring).

Gary,
Will be putting your warning system on Weather Plus or use the old one?

Hello Weather team.   Drip, Drip, Drop, Drop..  All added together we have 1.48 inches of rain in Grandview..

See you (hopefully) at the "K"....

Bill and Melissa

Now we are having light rain/heavy drizzle here in St. Joe!

We got 1.75 inches of rain here in south Raytown.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU!

Kristi

gary why would  we be put into a modedrate risk when the temps arent even in the 60s maybe some hail but unlikely any big tornados your thoughts thanks

gary why would  we be put into a modedrate risk when the temps arent even in the 60s maybe some hail but unlikely any big tornados your thoughts thanks

gary why would  we be put into a modedrate risk when the temps arent even in the 60s maybe some hail but unlikely any big tornados your thoughts thanks

johnmarr,
The NWS is forecasting us to get up to the mid 60's on Thursday. I think the only thing Gary is thinking is the rain will prevent us from getting unstable. It looks like the warm front will make it to us according to the map. ************** Twister, The last couple of runs of the GFS have shifted the position of the low for Thursday. It will be a huge temperature spread across the viewing area. I'm guessing Thursday's high will be raised some by Gary today. This may be a case where parts of the south/southeast metro is 10 degrees warmer than the far north side. Tricky setup and about anything from 48-68 is possible right now. Jeremy

Near 128th & Mur-Len, Olathe...Rain total 1.34" with drizzle still falling.

If we keep getting these widespread rain events we could be dealing with more of a flooding concern,than a severe threat if temperatures remain cold,but if it does warm up with these storms then we could be dealing with severe threat too.Also congrats Jayhawks.

Also remember that with some storm systems, if the upperlevel set up is strong enough it can overcome the cool surface air somewhat, especially if the warm front is right over you or just to your south, even though YOU might not be in the warm unstable air at the surface if it is close to you and is very warm and really being lifted over the cold layer you could still get large hail and sometimes other severe stuff, remember March 12th, 2005, it was in the lower forties and we where having large hail, tornado warnings and wind damage in spots, not saying that is what we are in for  but the upperlevel system in this next storm is a lot stronger than the last few.

YES!
A chance of flurries this weekend with another freeze possible!!!
Low temperatures will likely be near freezing tonight NW of Kansas City.
I am enjoying this "Midwest like" Spring with less blowtorch warmth compared with last year.

Here in SE Lee's Summit we ended up with 1.2in.  Kristy

Hello Weather team and bloggers,

Got back from Northern Texas this morning. Saw some beautiful supercells, tons of rotation, large hail, and something that looked like a tornado from a distance. : )

I have some pictures if you would like to see them

99th & Antioch - we have had 1.42" in the past 24hrs.

1.26 inches of rain at 151st and Mur-Len in Olathe.

Jeremy or Gary,
will you guys have severe weather graphic tonight? just wondering if I should watch the news tonight or not. *************** You should always watch our weathercasts for the most accurate forecast! Jeremy

So Sorry, my rain total is not accurate.  found a leak.  Off to get a new one.  Kristy

Gary and Jeremy,

Id love to hear your takes on what you think may happen Thursday! Right now it appears as if a major severe weather outbreak is possible just to the south, but will that shift north or west at all?

Go Royals!

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JB,

The Royals are winning, the Jayhawks are National Champions, and now there is a chance of severe weather.  We, at this moment, are forecasting 72 degrees with a dewpoint of 65 Thursday evening.  This should be enough for "mini" supercells.  But, will it warm up that much.  It will depend on the morning convection and when it moves off.  I am going to do what we always do and not worry about it until sometime Wednesday.  Let's see how it looks tomorrow. 

Gary

LOL Jeremy, Ok I will watch in just in case you do

Gary here in rural McLouth KS we received 1.08".  Tried to post this earlier after the rain ended but the blog wouldn't take it.

I have got 1.80". north of garden city about 5 miles.

1.80 inches of rain in my rain gauge in Kingsville. My yard was full of miniature "lakes". :)

Gary,
Its NOT State Line.. State Avenue lol

Stacy

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Stacy,

Thanks, I will get it changed.

Gary

No problem Gary, just had to give ya some trouble for it.  Am I correct in the assumption that Rumbles = Warmth?? My hubby & I were debating that earlier today, and I'm almost certain I'm right. (nothing new lmao)