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October 9th 2019 Forecast

CURRENT CONDITIONS

Happy Wednesday Blue Springs! It’s hump day! Temperature at 52.6°. We had a high of 75 and a low of 44.1. Relative humidity 84%. Barometric pressure 1012 and steady. Winds at 2 gusting to 4 out of the south-southwest. Dew point temperature at 45°. Skies are clear. No precipitation to report. Feels like 47°.

FORECAST

Today, temperature will be in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 54%. Dew point temperature will be in the low 50s. Skies will be mostly cloudy to cloudy. Rain likely after 10am.

Tonight, temperatures in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 83%. Dew point temperatures in the upper 50s. Skies will be mostly cloudy. Rain likely.

Thursday, temperatures in the low 70s. Chance of rain 80%. Dew point temperature in the low 60s. Skies will be mostly cloudy to cloudy. Rain likely.

Thursday night, temperatures in the low 40s. Chance of rain 56%. Dew point temperatures in the low 40s. Skies will be mostly cloudy to cloudy. Rain likely.

Friday, temperatures in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 24%. Dew point temperature in the low 30s. Skies will be cloudy shifting to mostly clear by 4pm.

Friday night, temperatures in the low 30s. Cold. Chance of rain 2%. Dew point temperature in the upper 20s. Skies will be clear.

CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK

Today, convective Outlook shows a marginal chance of severe weather for our area. Tomorrow shows the marginal chance of severe weather for our area. Day 3 shows no chance of severe or non severe thunderstorms.

MODEL DISCUSSION

Models of changed since yesterday. Start time for rain will be around 1 to 2pm. Looks like simulated reflectivity and precipitation accumulation are just slightly off that is why I’m putting a range. Another model shows the start time about 4pm rain and thunderstorms will continue off and on throughout the evening , Thursday, and part of Friday. Temperature will drop substantially by 7pm Thursday. No will hit about 35 maybe a little lower, give or take by 4am Friday morning. Saturday morning by 7am, temperatures will be in the low 30s.

That’s pretty much it. Take your rain gear with you, be safe driving to and from work.

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October 8th 2019 Forecast

CURRENT CONDITIONS

Good morning Blue Springs! Another crisp morning this morning. Skies look beautiful, the stars are bright in the sky. Current temperature is 46.2°. We had a high of 71.8 and a low of 45.1. Relative humidity 93%. Barometric pressure 1018(30.06 inches) and steady. Winds are at 0. Dew point temperature at 42°. No precipitation to report. Feels like 42°.

FORECAST

Today, we will be in the low 70s. Chance of rain 0%. Dew point temperature upper 40s. Skies will be clear.

Tonight, temperatures will be in the low 50s. Chance of rain 4%. Dew point temperature will be in the upper 40s. Skies will be clear shifting to partly cloudy by 4am Wednesday morning.

Wednesday, temperatures in the low 70s. Chance of rain 11%. Dew point temperature in the upper 40s ending in low 50s by 4pm. Skies will be mostly cloudy shifting to partly cloudy by 4pm.

Wednesday night, temperatures will be in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 61%. Rain likely. Dew point temperature in the low 50s shifting to Upper 50s by 4am Thursday morning. Skies will be partly cloudy shifting to mostly cloudy.

Thursday, temperatures will be in the low-to-mid 70s. Chance of rain 71%. Rain likely. Dew point temperature increasing from the upper 50s to the low 60s by 4pm. Skies will be mostly cloudy to cloudy.

Thursday evening, temperatures will be in the mid-40s. Chance of rain 66%. Rain likely. Dew point temperature in the low 60s shifting to the low 50s by 1am Friday morning. Skies will be cloudy.

CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK

Convective outlook for today shows no chance of severe weather or non severe weather. Tomorrow convective Outlook shows a chance of non severe thunderstorms. Thursday we have a marginal chance of severe thunderstorms in the Jackson County area.

MODEL DISCUSSION

Current models for Today Show a system moving in about 4pm on Wednesday. The system will continue through Thursday and Friday bringing rain. This system will bring a cold front through by Friday morning at 7am bringing the temperatures to approximately 36 degrees. This cold front will cause temperatures to struggle. High temperatures for Friday will be in the upper 40s to low 50s give or take. Saturday morning will be in the low 30s. Temperatures will reach back into the upper 50s to low 60s. Sunday morning will be in the upper 30s to low 40s by 7am. Looks like the snow is going to stay Way north of us. In fact, I wouldn’t even count on it being in our state let alone Kansas, unless something changes.

That’s pretty much it for today. Have a safe trip to work, and enjoy your day.

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Monday October 7th 2019 Forecast

CURRENT CONDITIONS

Good morning Blue Springs, happy Monday. It crisp, clear, heavy dew, and fall is moving along. You can see Orion constellation high in the sky this morning. It is cold enough that you can see your breath. Current temperature is 46.9°. We had a high of 61.4 and a low of 45.1. Relative humidity is 99%. Dew point temperature is 44°. Barometric pressure is 1022(30.18 inches) and steady. Winds are at 0 gusting to 2 out of the South. We had Trace precipitation over the past 24 hours. Skies are clear. Feels like 43°.

FORECAST

Temperature today will reach into the low 70s. Chance of rain 0%. Dew point temperature will be in the low 40s. Skies will be mostly clear to clear.

Tonight, temperatures in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 0%. Dew point temperature will be in the upper 40s to low 40s by 4 a.m. Tuesday. Skies will be clear.

Tuesday, temperatures will be in the low 70s. Chance of rain 0%. Dew point temperature will be in the low to mid 40s. Skies will be clear.

Tuesday night, temperatures will be in the low 50s. Chance of rain 4%. Dew point temperature will be in the upper 40s. Skies will be mostly clear to clear.

Wednesday, temperatures in the low 70s. Chance of rain 14%. Dew point temperature in the upper 40s. Skies will be partly cloudy.

Wednesday night, temperatures in the low 60s. Chance of rain 68%. Dew point temperature in the low 50s. Skies will be partly cloudy.

CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK

Convective outlook for today and tomorrow shows no severe or non-severe thunderstorms in our area. Wednesday, however, our area has a chance of non severe thunderstorms.

MODEL DISCUSSION

Looks like Wednesday will bring us another round of rain and the afternoon to evening hours. I am not really sure about a start time because both the simulated reflectivity and the precipitation accumulation on the same model are not jiving. I will get a more accurate time frame as we draw closer to Wednesday. Another round of rain will approaches early Thursday morning around 1am and continuing into the late morning at this time. Friday morning we’ll start our cold front moving in. By 7am. We will have temperatures in the upper 30s. As we progress through the weekend, Saturday morning at 7am we will be in the low 30s. Sunday will start increasing temperature back up to the upper 30s by 7am. Will dip again into the upper 30s Wednesday morning October 16th by 7am. Again on October 22nd we will be in the upper 30s by 7am.

That is pretty much it for today, enjoy your day today, be safe. We are pretty uneventful at least until Wednesday.

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Sunday October 6th 2019 Forecast

CURRENT CONDITIONS

Good morning Blue Springs! Crisp morning this morning. Definitely like jacket weather at least in the morning. The only precipitation that we had was yesterday . We had 3 tenths of an inch . Some of you may have had more and various other locations since it was heavier in areas. Current temperature is 46.6°. We had a high of 69.6 and a low of 46.6 as of right now. Relative humidity is 98%. Barometric pressure is 1016(30.00 inches) and Rising. Winds are at 0. Dew point temperature is 44°. Skies are clear. Feels like 45°.

FORECAST

Today, temperature will be in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 5%. Dew point temperature in the upper 40s. Skies will be mostly cloudy by 4pm today.

Tonight, temperatures will be in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 0%. Dew point temperature in the upper 40s. Shifting to the low forties by 4am Monday morning. Skies will be clear.

Monday, temperatures will be in the low 70s. Chance of rain 0%. Dew point temperatures will be in the low 40s by 4pm. Skies will be clear.

Monday night, temperatures will be in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 0%. Dew point temperature will be in the low 40s by 4am Tuesday morning. Skies will be clear.

Tuesday temperatures will be in the low 70s. Chance of rain 0%. Dew point temperature will be in the upper 40s. Skies will be clear.

Tuesday night, temperatures will be in the low 50s. Chance of rain 6%. Dew point temperature in the upper 40s. Skies will be mostly clear to clear.

CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK

Convective Outlook shows no chance of thunderstorms or severe weather over the next three days.

MODEL DISCUSSION

Looking at models, are next chance of weather will be Thursday evening October 10th. Start time looks to be about 7pm right on top of us. We’ll find out more about it as the week progresses. That system will bring in colder temperatures on Saturday morning to the upper 30s. There is a insignificant chance of Trace precipitation at around 10am today and 10am tomorrow. I would not count on it, but it is just something to know as you go about your day today.

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Saturday October 5th 2019 Forecast

Good morning Blue Springs! Southside of Blue Springs receive no precipitation. Some of you have probably received some rain that ran for about 5 to 10 minutes. Currently the system that I have been talking about over the week is approaching our area. It will be a few more hours. Start time was pushed later.

CURRENT CONDITIONS

Current temperature is 57.8°. We had a high of 61 and a low of 49.3 overnight. Relative humidity is 81%. Barometric pressure is 1014(29.94 inches) and falling. Wind’s are gusting to 5 out of the east Southeast. Dew point temperature is 51°. Feels like 56°.

MODEL DISCUSSION

I’m looking at models first, because I know some of you are interested about today with your activities. Unfortunately, it looks like the start time moved up to 10 am and ending by 4 pm. Sunday has changed as well and we may end up with scattered showers throughout our county and the area. Does not look like it will amount to much. May not happen at all since the amounts are so small.

THREE DAY FORECAST

Today, temperatures will be in the low-to-mid 70s. Chance of rain 84%. Dew point temperatures will be in the low 60s. This will start to fall at 4 pm. Skies will be cloudy most of the day turning partly cloudy by 4 pm.

Tonight, temperature will be in the upper 40s give or take. Chance of rain 3%. Dew point temperature will continue to fall this evening and be in the upper 40s by 4am Sunday morning. Clouds will disappear becoming clear throughout the night.

Sunday, temperatures will be in the mid to Upper 60s. Chance of rain 5%. Dew point temperature in the upper 40s. Skies will be mostly clear shifting to mostly cloudy by 1pm roughly.

Sunday night temperatures will be in the mid-40s give or take. Chance of rain 2%. Dew point temperature will continue to fall to the low 40s by 4am Monday morning. Skies will shift from mostly cloudy to mostly clear by Monday morning.

Monday, temperatures will be in the low 70s. Chance of rain 1%. Dew point temperatures will stay in the low 40s. Skies will be clear.

Monday evening, temperatures will be in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 0%. Dew point temperature in the low 40s. Skies will be clear.

OUTLOOK

Convective Outlook shows today with a Chance of non severe thunderstorms. The next two days show no chance of thunderstorms severe or otherwise.

COLD TEMPS

Looking at temperatures ahead, Friday October 11th is something to watch has temperatures are going to be in the low 30s by 7 a.m. as a cold front moves in. Saturday October 12th around 4 a.m. we will hit a low of about 38 or so. Further on ahead on Saturday October 19th our temperature will be a low of about 37 degrees by 7 am. Those forecasts are pretty far out, so those temperatures could increase as we press forward towards those days.

Have a great day Blue Springs and all who follow. Make sure you bring a rain jacket or an umbrella.

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Friday October 4th 2019 Forecast

Good morning Blue Springs. It is 51.3°. We had a 59.1 high and a 50.5 low over the past 24 hours. Skies are mostly cloudy. Trace precipitation. relative humidity 90%. Barometric pressure 1024 and steady. Dew point temperature 47°. Winds at 1 gusting to 5 out of the southeast. Feels like 48°.
Today, temperature will be in low to mid 60s. chance of rain 14%. Dew point will be in the upper 40s. Mostly cloudy.

Tonight, temperature in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 44%. Dew point temperature in the upper 40s to low 50s. Sky is mostly cloudy to cloudy.

Saturday, temperature in the low-to-mid 70s. Chance of rain 84%. Dew point temperature in the low 60s. Skies cloudy becoming mostly clear by 4 pm.

Saturday night, temperatures in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 3%. Dew point temperature in the low 50s becoming upper 40s by 4 am. Skies will be clear.

Sunday, temperatures in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 11%. Dew point temperature in the upper 40s. Skies will be mostly clear to mostly cloudy.
Sunday night, temperatures will be in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 1%. Dew point temperature in the upper 40s. Skies will be mostly clear to clear.

Convective Outlook shows a chance of non severe thunderstorms today. Tomorrow we have a marginal chance of severe weather. Sunday has no chance of thunderstorm severe or non-severe.

Model show the possibility of rain this evening anywhere between 6pm to 9pm Jackson County area. I say this because Blue Springs may or may not receive any precipitation overnight. Saturday morning is still set for a rainy start with a start time of 7 a.m. and an end time of about 1 p.m. or so. The National Weather Service predicts about a 3/10 of an inch maybe a little more. The NAM model shows a little less precipitation.

If you are out tonight you might want to consider an umbrella close by. If you have any events scheduled for Saturday morning you may want to schedule it for the afternoon. Depending on what time I wake up in the morning the depend on whether or not I will get a forecast out to you. I am involved in the Jackson County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (JCARES) group, and we will be doing a simulated terrorist attack on the Chiefs football stadium between 8am and 1pm. We will be Manning stations throughout the Jackson County area. More than likely I will be up early. I normally am. Have a great day folks and enjoy your weekend. Be safe driving to work and be safe coming home this evening.

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Thursday October 3rd 2019 Forecast

Good morning Blue Springs! Nice crisp morning this morning. Current temperature is 53.6°. Our Max temperature was 86.2° and min temperature was 53.6°. Relative humidity 95%. Barometric pressure 1018(30.06 inches) and rising. Winds at 0 gusting to 6 out of the South Southeast. Dew point temperature 52°. Lightning strikes detected since midnight 1. Lightning detected over the past Forty-Eight hours 23. Skies are cloudy. Between the .04 inches of rain we had yesterday morning and .76 inches of rain we had over night it was a total of .80 inches since 6am yesterday. Feels like 52.

Today, temperature will be in the low 60s. Chance of rain 11%. Dew point temperature will be in the upper 40s. Skies will be partly cloudy shifting to mostly clear by 4 p.m. this afternoon.

Tonight, temperatures will be in the low 50s possibly in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 1%. Dew point temperature upper 40s. Skies will be mostly clear.

Friday, temperature will be in the low 60s. Chance of rain 2%. Dew point temperature in the upper 40s. Sky is mostly clear.

Friday night, temperature in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 12%. Dew point temperature in the low 50s. Skies will be mostly cloudy.

Saturday, temperatures in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 66%. Dew point temperature in the upper 50s. Skies will be mostly cloudy to cloudy. Rain likely ending after 1 pm.

Saturday night, temperature will be in upper 40s to low 50s. Chance of rain 9%. Dew point temperature in the low 50s. Sky’s mostly clear.

Convective Outlook for today there is no chance of severe weather or non severe thunderstorms. Friday we have chance of non severe thunderstorms. Saturday we have a marginal chance of severe thunderstorms.

Models show today between 8am and 1pm another round of rain, but models are inconsistant with each other. I would just have an umbrella handy in case. The NAM model shows Saturday rain and thunderstorms possble between 7am and 1pm. Rain amounts do not look like much. .10 inches to as high as .30 inches or so between the NAM model and what the National Weather Service says.

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Wednesday October 3rd 2019 Forecast

Current conditions. Temperature is 73.2°. We had a high of 87.6° and a low of 69.9°. Relative humidity 86%. Barometric pressure 1011(29.85 inches) and steady. Winds at 0 gusting to 2 out of the South Southeast. Dew point temperature 68°. Humid. Skies are cloudy. Feels like 80°.

Temperature today will be in the low 80s. Chance of rain 77%. Dew point temperature will be in the low 70s. Humid. Skies will be cloudy.

Tonight temperature will be in the low to mid 50s. Chance of rain 86%. Dew point temperature will drop from 70s to the low 50s by 4 AM. Skies will be cloudy to mostly cloudy. National Weather Service says rain amounts after 1 a.m. will be about a half an inch or a little more.

Thursday temperature will be in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 3%. Dew point temperature in the low 50s. Skies will be mostly cloudy to partly cloudy.

Thursday night temperatures will be in the low 50s. Chance of rain 3%. Dew point temperature will be in the upper 40s. Skies will be partly cloudy.

Friday temperatures will be in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 11%. Dew point temperature will be in the upper 40s. Skies will be mostly cloudy.

Friday night temperatures will be in the upper 50s to low 60s. Chance of rain 23%. Dew point temperature will be in the low 50s. Skies will be mostly cloudy.

Models currently show scattered showers starting about 9 or 10 a.m. roughly. The main system will begin between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. or so. Models are fairly consistent with each other.

Today convective Outlook gives us a marginal chance of severe weather. With a 5% chance of high winds and large hail. Less than 2% of tornadoes. Tomorrow convective Outlook shows very Southern edge of our County with a Chance of non severe thunderstorms. Friday shows no chance of severe or non severe thunderstorms.

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Tuesday October 1 2019 Forecast

Good morning Blue Springs! Happy Tuesday. Goodbye September hello October.

Current conditions. Temperature 72.3°. We had a high of 86.7° and a low of 67.8°. Relative humidity 88%. Barometric pressure 1011(29.85 inches) and steady. Winds are at 3 winds are three gusting to 6 out of the south southwest. Dew point temperature 67°. Feels like 76°. Skies are mostly clear. No precipitation to report.

Today temperature will be in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 7%. Dew point temperature in the low 70s. Humid. Skies will be partly cloudy to mostly clear.

Tonight temperatures will be in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 51%. Dew point temperature in the upper 60s. Humid. Skies will shift to mostly cloudy.

Wednesday temperatures will be in the low 70s. Chance of rain 71%. Dew point temperature shifting from the upper 60s to low 60s by 4pm. Skies will Skies will be mostly cloudy to cloudy.

Wednesday night temperature in the mid to upper 50s. Chance off rain 72%. Dew point temperature shifting from upper 60s to upper 50s by 4am Thursday.

Thursday temperature in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 6%. Dew point temperature continues to fall from low 50s to upper 40s. Skies partly cloudy to mostly clear.

Thursday night temperature in the low 50s possibly upper 40s. Chance of rain 2%. Dew point temperature upper 40s. Skies partly cloudy.

Convective outlook. Today no chance of severe or non severe thunderstorms. Wednesday we have a mrginal chance of severe thunderstorms. Thursday no thunderstorms, severe or otherwise.

Have a beautiful Tuesday! Be blessed!

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Blue Springs Weather Fall Photo Contest

This contest is strictly for fun and no cash or prizes will be given out. This contest is set up to test your talent and creativity through weather and seasonal photography for this page. This will be challenging and possibly difficult for some. I made it that way because I want to show off the beauty of our city’s natural environment and hopefully spark some creativity. One winner will be selected to have their image displayed on the banner of this Facebook page and website at https://bluespringsweather.michaeltpratt.com. Winner will receive bragging rights by being announced on my Facebook page and a blog banner for the rest of the fall season.

Rules:

Please note that ALL submissions become the property of this page and will be used in future posts. Please make sure you read through all the rules and understand them before you submit your photo so you don’t get disqualified.

  1. The photographer must be a Blue Springs resident, all others will not be accepted. One photo submission per person. Photos MUST be within the city limits of our city.
  2. Photo must not have any water marks from photography businesses or any other businesses or it will not be accepted.
  3. Must be weather related to the season, such as fall colors, leaves, rain, thunderstorms etc. No holiday themed photos they must be fall seasoned.
  4. No humans in photos, vehicles, buildings, homes or man made objects in the photographs, must be all natural. (example: Rotary park pond is man made and therefore cannot be used in a photo but the stream that runs to the pond can be used as long as the bridge is not in it.)
  5. Must be high resolution digital images unfiltered with no enhancements, cell phones photos are fine as long as they are high definition type images. Use of flash lighting is fine as well.
  6. Color or black and white photographs are fine.
  7. image format must be in JPG and less than 5 megabytes in size.
  8. Age limit is from freshman to adult.

DEADLINE will be Friday November 1st 2019 at 6pm. Winner will be announced the following week and no later than November 8th 2019.

Questions and entries may be emailed to mpratt@michaeltpratt.com.