Good Afternoon Everyone!

The gorgeous, warm weather of yesterday has left us, but we still have an OK week ahead of us!  Temperatures climbed into the 60s around lunch time here in Kansas City, with mid 50s up near St. Joseph.  Clouds moved in from the northwest around noon and will be with us for the rest of the day.  There are also some light showers moving through parts of Kansas and now moving into western Missouri.  A few showers or sprinkles are possible this afternoon, then as high pressure moves in we'll see clearing late tonight.

Minus today's small chance for rain, the rest of the week looks pretty dry.  A ridge building out west will move into our part of the country and allow us to warm up nicely heading into the weekend.  Highs by Friday should be back around 70, and the weekend should see mid 70s for highs!

Rain should hold off until next Monday, then we'll see another front moving in.  Not only can we expect rain back in the forecast, but we'll also see our temperatures dropping back to average (around 60) for our highs.

I know Joe put some great facts into his blog yesterday about October 2009 being the third coldest on record.  The National Weather Service did a nice little write up about it.  Click here to read more: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=eax&storyid=35858&source=0

Have a great day everyone...and hopefully you can get some raking done with the drier weather this week!

-Karli