Good morning bloggers,
An arcing line of thunderstorms formed overnight and is inching eastward on this Friday morning. How far east will this line get? Here is the 6 AM radar image:
And, here is the radar image two hours later at 8 AM. Thunderstorms keep developing in a warm advection lifting zone ahead of the capping layer trying to push in. Until these anchor thunderstorms weaken, which should happen in a few hours, the complex of showers and thunderstorms will stay alive and inch ever so slowly east creating a wet Friday morning:
This morning area of showers and thunderstorms will shift east, fall apart, and weaken by early this afternoon leaving a cloudy and wet first half of the day. If you have plans for the pool just delay it until sometime this afternoon. The clouds will begin breaking up and it will end up rather warm and muggy by mid to late afternoon with dewpoint temperatures likely rising to near 70 degrees. After the sun breaks out the attention will then be directed to where the surface features are lining up for tonight. This is a rather rare July 4th weekend of weather starting with this mornings rain/thunderstorms. And, then possibly having a cold front moving through during the day on Saturday.
The rest of the weekend forecast continues to evolve as well. There is a warm front that is slowly lifting north, but this mornings rain will keep it south of the KC metro area most of the day. Where it is located this evening will help decide who gets the most rain tonight, and whether or not there will be some severe weather. We are analyzing the data now and will update you later on this afternoon or evening in the blog and on NBC Action News at 5, 6, and 10 PM tonight in HD. Have a great holiday!
Gary
