Breaking: Blue Springs Weather: Snow Possible Saturday

Good evening. Here is this weekend’s latest Blue Springs weather Forecast; enjoy the nice warm weather while it lasts. After Friday, temperatures will tank, and a possible frigid cold front will blast through the area by noon on Saturday. Temperatures will go from 57° F at midnight Saturday morning to 46° F by 3 am and 34° F by noon. Sunday, we may see 30° F by 9 am.

Snow amounts look to be pretty minimal. We still have a few days for these models to change.

GFS 10:1 Snow amounts

Sunspot activity looks to be an average sunspot distribution. We are still waiting on the sunspot count for November. Currently, October hit a count of 99 sunspots.

That is about it for this evening. Take care.

Sunday Weather Forecast, Earthquakes, and Volcanic Eruptions

HRRR Precipitation model

Good morning. Here is the Sunday weather forecast, but first, our current weather conditions. I hope everyone has had a great weekend. We had some rain over the past 24 hours. It measured at 0.08 inches of rain. The temperature was at 32° F this morning at 6 am. It is now 30° F. Skies are cloudy, and winds are calm as I look out at the windmill in our backyard. The most breeze we have dealt with is nine miles per hour out of the WSW. Pressure is sitting at 29.91 inches of mercury.

Current Weather

Here is the latest Sunday weather forecast. I was looking at the HRRR Precipitation type. I see a small low-pressure system that will be moving through the area. It will bring some possible rain. The pressure will dip to about 29.70 inches of mercury by 8 pm this evening. We may get a few sprinkles or two in the evening, but our chances will increase by midnight tonight into Monday.

Sunday weather forecast from HRRR Precipitation Type
HRRR Precipitation Type for 2 am UTC or 8 pm CST

Sunday Weather Forecast

Our Temperature will reach a high of 46° F by 2 pm. We may get some peak throughs of sunshine, but overcast will prevail later today.

HRRR Temperature Model for Sunday's weather forecast
HRRR Temperature model at 2 pm CST or 8 pm UTC

The coronal hole is on its way to the eastern hemisphere, and so far, it has produced an earthquake in the Philippines at 7.6 and a volcanic eruption of Mount Etna in Europe.

Coronal Hole

Sunspot activity has declined since my last post about this on November 26th.

Space weather for Sunday weather forecast.
Space Weather Live Sunspot Count

Lots of exciting events have occurred from our active sun. I don’t downplay that people got hurt from a 7.6 magnitude earthquake. I prayed yesterday for quick recovery and safety in the Philippines. The sun has a tremendous impact on our planet’s environment and weather. Just like the sun is a type of Christ in the Bible, which affects our climate, God controls our temperature and environment, and it is God that provides the signs from heaven to reveal the events. That is about it. Take care. MP

Tuesday Weather Forecast – Next Weather Event on Thursday

HRRR Temperature model November 28, 2023

Here is the latest Tuesday Weather Forecast. Looking at the long-range GFS models, our next event is Thursday. The start time is about noon and ends at 6 pm on Thursday. Precipitation amounts are minimal, according to the GFS. It shows 0.39 inches of rain when all is said and done.

GFS model for Tuesday weather forecast
GFS Precipitation Type model for Thursday, November 30, 2023
GFS Precipitation model after rain event on Thursday.

Today, we will hit a high of about 42° F by 3 pm. Skies will be mostly clear to clear and there may be a point in the day we encounter an overcast.

HRRR Temperature model at 3pm CST.

That is about it for today. MP

2023 Missouri Tornado Highlights and Predictions

Here is the 2023 Missouri Tornado Highlights based on an 11-year cycle between 2013 to 2023. I took these from official NOAA storm reports.

2023 confirmed tornadoes based on NOAA have increased 60% from 10 reports in 2022 to 25.

2023 tornado reports are down 124% from 56 to 25.

Out of 11 years, 2017 was the high for Missouri Tornadoes at 56. The low was 10 for 2022.

2023 Missouri tornado highlights 11 year graph.

2023 Jackson County, Missouri Tornado Highlights

For Jackson County Missouri, the highest number of recorded tornadoes was 2 for 2019.

Jackson County Missouri Recorded Tornadoes.

These two confirmed tornadoes were in Cockrell and Vale with no injuries or deaths.

in 2017, NOAA recorded 12 injuries when an EF3 tornado started in Tarsney Lakes, Missouri, and ended in Oak Grove, Missouri.

2024 Predictions

2024 prediction for Jackson County based on trends and patterns looks to be possible 2 tornadic events. I believe that these events may lead to an EF1 and an EF2 event. I cannot determine a location and it would be too difficult.

2023 prediction for the state of Missouri based on trends and patterns looks to be possible 9-12 events. These events may lead to an EF3 event. The location of these events are undetermined because that would be too difficult to determine.

Sunday Forecast and Significant Amount of Sunspots for November 26, 2023

Good morning. Here is the Sunday Forecast, but first, the measurements and current weather. I am ready for the summer now—enough of this white stuff. I walked out to get the Stratus and get measurements. We ended with 2.4 inches of snow with a liquid equivalent of .27 inches. That makes the ratio 8.9 inches of snow to 1 inch of liquid. The Weather Prediction Center (WPC) was off by about an inch. God said, “Here is a little more to grow on.” He is in control. The WPC is still a more accurate source than the snow amounts for others.

The current temperature is 25° F. Skies are mostly cloudy, and winds are three miles per hour out of the northwest. The relative humidity is at 92%. The barometric pressure is at 29.83 inches of mercury. The radar is pretty clear, and the atmosphere is pretty dry now.

Radar
Radar
Water Vapor Loop for Sunday Forecast
Water Vapor Loop

Here is the Sunday Forecast for today. We will hit a high of 36° F, give or take, by 3 pm. It will be a bit breezy today, with wind gusts peaking at about 27-28 miles per hour by noon today. Winds should begin to calm down at about 6 pm tonight.

Lots of activity on the sun’s surface. There are still lots of sunspots. The sun is trying to hold on to that solar maximum before it goes back to sleep and becomes dormant again.

That is all I have to talk about today. Take care. MP

Winter Weather Update | How much snow will we get?

Winter weather update from WPC map

Good morning. Here is the latest winter weather update. I was looking at the latest models. The start time is about 2 pm for rain, and shifts to snow by 5 pm. The Weather Prediction Center still shows a mix as this system moves through the area. The snow probability of one inch or greater has shifted to about 40-50% for the Blue Springs Area, and 60-70% of snow amounts to 1 inch and greater for Independence and Kansas City. With snow amounts of 2 inches and greater, the percentage drops substantially for all areas, so I would not count on more than an inch of accumulation, if any.

WPC Weather Map
WPC Weather Map

Precipitation amounts for the HRRR show too much snow. It sits at 1.8 inches of snow by 10 pm, and the NAM shows snow amounts that are way too much at 4 inches plus. The reason why I don’t subscribe to those is because of the Weather Prediction Center. Don’t hold your breath for an accumulation of 4 inches, or even one inch for that matter, for Blue Springs.

The current temperature is about 26° F. The HRRR models show a high of almost 39° F, give or take, by 1 pm. After that, the temperature will begin to fall, and it looks to hover around 33° F by evening.

HRRR Temps
HRRR Temperatures

That is about it for today. If anything else changes, I will likely post it on Facebook directly. Take care. MP

Winter Weather Forecast – Will We Get Our First Significant Snow?

Question

Introduction

Good morning. There seems to be a lot of talk about a winter weather forecast this weekend. Most media are dramatizing it and saying we will get a significant measurable amount. If you are new here, you will soon discover that my weather forecasts, especially the winter ones, will be significantly different and sometimes the opposite of what the media says. I have had people who do this sort of thing for a living turn around and tell me that my forecasts are wrong because of whatever atmospheric 10k dollar words they use. I always say we will have to wait and see. Once the event ended, my prediction was correct.

I will be the first to tell you that I am not always accurate, and I always tell folks to grab other sources and compare and go based on what you see. Every once in a while, I get some hecklers that try and put a bad name on my site and they share my page in other groups saying this guy is terrible don’t use him he does this, that, and the other. I smile because people begin to gravitate to my site and I end up increasing in followers and traffic and the people realize that, hey this guy is pretty accurate. Free advertising. Anyway, enough of the rambling from me. How about this Winter Weather Forecast?

Looking at the medium- and long-range models and the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) at this point, it is looking like a do n’t-hold-your-breath sort of forecast. It is still really early in the game, even though we are three days out from the event. Don’t bank on any sort of significant amounts of snowfall. In fact, I will go as far as it being a wintery mix and we would be lucky to have any accumulation.

Inconsistencies in the Winter Weather Forecast

I base my winter weather forecast on these observations and sources. There are some inconsistencies with these models. One inconsistency is comparing GFS 10-1 totals, NAM totals, and the probabilities from Winter WX model totals on the WPC. Here are the differences and below that I will put the images.

  1. GFS shows a significant measurable amount of 2.5 inches
  2. NAM shows a measurable amount of 1.4 inches
  3. The WPC says the chance of snow at 1 inch or greater is 30-40% and 40-50% closer to the downtown KC area.
  4. The other thing to consider is that we are still hovering around a solar maximum that negatively affects snow and winter weather. Why? The temperatures are higher during these periods, and at a solar minimum, the temperatures are lower. Our solar cycles are moving into a Grand Solar Minimum, which you can learn about here. A Grand Solar Minimum is multiple cycles where the sun is not as active, even during a solar maximum on those solar cycles.
WPC model map for Saturday into Sunday
WPC Map shows a mix for Saturday into Sunday
Current Sunspot image from Space Weather Live

I always steer towards the WPC model because that model is spot on practically every single time with winter forecasts.

One of the things that is similar is the timing. Every model shows a start time of 6 pm on Saturday evening. It also shows leaving the area by 3 am on Sunday. As we progress, I will post a short statement on social media or another blog post if it is extensive. That is about it for today.

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That is about it for today. Take care. MP

Wednesday Weather Forecast – November 22, 2023

Good morning. Here is the Wednesday weather forecast for Wednesday, November 22, 2023. Models were about 3 degrees off this morning. We hit a low of 28 degrees. That said, my forecast for today will be 3 degrees lower from the reporting HRRR models on the College of Dupage site. My Atlas is about two degrees lower than the official COOP National Weather Service provided Nimbus, sitting at 26° F. Skies are clear this morning. Winds are calm.

There is not a whole lot going on for today’s forecast. It’s pretty quiet, and even the WPC shows nothing but a warm front to our west. Clear skies will dominate the day. We may shift to an overcast to mostly cloudy by about 11 am today, but it will only last about an hour.

WPC model for the Wednesday weather forecast
Weather Prediction Center model for today.

As for today’s Wednesday weather forecast, we will be struggling with temperature for a possible high of 41° F (Based on the adjusted temperature).

HRRR model for Temperature.
HRRR Temperature Model for today’s weather forecast at 2 pm CST or 8 pm UTC.

Winds may become breezy around 11 am with a peak gust of 17 mph, give or take.

HRRR Wind Gust model
HRRR Winds gusts for 4 pm CST or 10 pm UTC.

That is about it for today. Take care and I hope you have your Thanksgiving prepped and ready! Please consider visiting the rest of my posts here. MP

Tuesday Weather Forecast – November 21, 2023

HRRR Precipitation Type

Good morning. Here is the Tuesday weather forecast. The temperature is going to struggle to get above 40° F today. Highs will be about 43° F if it makes it. Clouds should begin to move out of the area by 1 pm today. We may see a short bout of rain by 11 am, but after that we should be done for the day.

Current temperature is sitting at 39° F. Skies are cloudy. Wind speeds at 4 mph out of the northwest. We received 0.25 inches of precipitation over the past 24 hours making the total over the past 48 hours at 1.07 inches of precipitation. No lightning strikes recorded.

That is about it for today. Take care. MP

Monday Weather Forecast – November 20, 2023

Good morning, here is the latest Monday weather forecast – November 20, 2023, hope your weekend was good and you got everything ready to go for Thanksgiving!

Rain will continue off and on throughout the day today and well into the evening. This system is just sitting over us and spinning. We will only reach to about 44° F by noon.

HRRR Temperature model the Monday weather forecast.
HRRR Temperature model the Monday weather forecast.

Currently we sit at 39°, with pressure at 29.91 inches of mercury. The AcuRite shows 0.48 inches of rain fall so far since midnight. We have a total of 0.76 inches of rain measured on AcuRite and 0.82 official inches of rain on the Status. Relative Humidity is at 95%. Winds at 9 mph from the NNE.

AcuRite Snapshot for current weather.

That is pretty much it for today. Take care and drive safely to work this morning. MP