Local Yokel Weather 

Good afternoon folks! No substantial change in the overall pattern will occur this weekend or next week and the only noticeable change are the warming temps as the valleys approach 90°F starting Tuesday, lingering well into late next week. Moisture levels will come and go but generally we'll have enough moisture in the air to fire up isolated to scattered thunderstorms as we go from Saturday into the middle of next week. The models show a decent chance for thunderstorms Monda

Good afternoon folks! We sure are enjoying this mostly sunny Tuesday as drier air continues across the region, however this will slowly change as the week plays out, with increasing moisture levels by Thursday or Friday. We'll enjoy another mostly sunny day Wednesday and isolated thunderstorms will make up the action for Thursday through Saturday, possibly even Sunday. The upper level ridge that is keeping most of the convection at bay will linger through the end of the week,

Good afternoon folks! The band of showers and thunderstorms that crossed the region early afternoon Sunday dropped a quarter of an inch for most of the region, with a handful of half inch reports and the highest total is out of Otto at 0.94". We'll enjoy a slight reprieve from the rain Sunday night through Monday morning, followed by another round of scattered thunderstorms late Monday afternoon. This next round of rain is due to a frontal passage Monday evening, which will u

Good morning folks and Happy Summer Solstice! The solstice will take place at 11:54am and today will be the longest day of the year in terms of daylight, roughly 4.5 hours more daylight than what we experience on December 21st (Winter Solstice). We'll welcome the Summer Solstice with sunshine and warm temps today, followed by a round of showers and thunderstorms late tonight. Another round of scattered thunderstorms, possibly organized as a squall line, will push through late

Good afternoon folks! Tuesday proved to be a very wet day across the region, blowing our forecasted rainfall amounts out of the water as some locations surpassed the 3" mark, while most of the region picked up an inch or more. Wednesday is winding down with little fanfare but Thursday should be active as we expect a morning round of moderate - heavy rain, followed by a second round closer to sunset as a cold front pushes through the region. This front will move east and stall