Current weather · Sep 26, 10:49 PM CDT

39.3670, -93.4040

67°

Chance of thunderstorms and chance of moderate rain showersFeels like 67° · Humidity 88%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO · grid 85,63
High
76°
Low
62°
Rain today
47%
Sunrise
7:05 AM
Sunset
7:04 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

Scroll sideways for more hours. Pick an hour for every number.

Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Sat 10 PMChance of thunderstorms and chance of moderate rain showers67°67°63°88%40%0.05 inESE5 mph7 mph82%28%—10 mi9,300 ft
Sat 11 PMChance of thunderstorms and chance of moderate rain showers66°66°64°95%47%0.05 inESE5 mph10 mph82%28%—10 mi8,600 ft
Sun 12 AMModerate rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms64°64°64°98%55%0.05 inESE5 mph10 mph83%28%—9 mi10,600 ft
Sun 1 AMLight rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms63°63°63°99%63%0.03 inESE5 mph10 mph93%24%—10 mi7,800 ft
Sun 2 AMLight rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms63°63°62°95%63%0.03 inESE3 mph9 mph93%24%—6 mi7,700 ft
Sun 3 AMLight rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms62°62°62°99%63%0.03 inESE3 mph9 mph85%24%—6 mi7,200 ft
Sun 4 AMLight rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms62°62°62°99%59%0.03 inESE3 mph10 mph94%23%—6 mi6,300 ft
Sun 5 AMLight rain showers likely and chance of thunderstorms62°62°62°99%56%0.03 inSE3 mph9 mph65%23%—6 mi5,600 ft
Sun 6 AMChance of thunderstorms and chance of light rain showers62°62°62°99%49%0.03 inSE5 mph10 mph75%23%—10 mi6,000 ft
Sun 7 AMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms62°62°62°99%43%0.01 inESE3 mph10 mph81%15%—10 mi5,600 ft
Sun 8 AMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms62°62°62°99%41%0.01 inSE5 mph10 mph68%15%—9 mi5,700 ft
Sun 9 AMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms63°63°63°100%39%0.01 inSE5 mph10 mph87%15%—10 mi6,200 ft
Sun 10 AMChance of light rain showers65°65°64°98%37%0.01 inSE5 mph10 mph80%11%—10 mi8,100 ft
Sun 11 AMChance of light rain showers68°68°65°91%37%0.01 inSE5 mph12 mph74%11%—10 mi8,200 ft
Sun 12 PMChance of light rain showers71°71°65°82%38%0.01 inSE5 mph10 mph58%11%—10 mi6,400 ft
Sun 1 PMChance of light rain showers72°72°66°82%38%SE5 mph10 mph64%13%—10 mi5,600 ft
Sun 2 PMChance of light rain showers73°73°66°78%40%ESE5 mph9 mph68%10%—10 mi6,000 ft
Sun 3 PMChance of light rain showers75°75°66°75%42%E5 mph9 mph71%8%—10 mi6,400 ft
Sun 4 PMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms73°73°66°77%45%E5 mph10 mph71%7%—10 mi5,700 ft
Sun 5 PMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms73°73°66°78%34%E5 mph10 mph66%7%—10 mi7,500 ft
Sun 6 PMSlight chance of thunderstorms and slight chance of light rain showers72°72°66°82%22%E3 mph9 mph58%7%—10 mi9,200 ft
Sun 7 PM70°70°66°87%11%E3 mph7 mph61%9%—10 mi11,000 ft
Sun 8 PM68°68°66°93%10%E2 mph7 mph58%10%—10 mi9,900 ft
Sun 9 PM66°66°65°97%9%E3 mph8 mph49%9%—10 mi
Sun 10 PM65°65°65°100%9%E3 mph8 mph48%9%—10 mi
Sun 11 PM64°64°64°100%10%E3 mph8 mph54%10%—10 mi
Mon 12 AM64°64°64°100%11%E2 mph7 mph52%10%—10 mi
Mon 1 AM63°63°63°100%7%E2 mph7 mph60%5%—10 mi7,500 ft
Mon 2 AM63°63°62°97%5%E2 mph7 mph67%3%—9 mi8,400 ft
Mon 3 AM62°62°61°97%3%E2 mph7 mph64%1%—9 mi9,400 ft
Mon 4 AM61°61°61°100%6%E2 mph8 mph67%2%—9 mi10,300 ft
Mon 5 AM61°61°60°97%5%E3 mph8 mph80%3%——
Mon 6 AM61°61°59°93%3%E3 mph8 mph85%3%——
Mon 7 AM61°61°59°93%2%E3 mph8 mph89%2%——
Mon 8 AM61°61°59°93%2%E3 mph9 mph79%2%——
Mon 9 AM63°63°60°90%2%E3 mph10 mph73%2%——
Mon 10 AM66°66°61°84%2%E5 mph10 mph66%2%——
Mon 11 AM69°69°61°76%2%ESE5 mph10 mph57%2%——
Mon 12 PM71°71°61°71%2%ESE6 mph12 mph47%2%——
Mon 1 PM74°74°61°64%1%ESE6 mph12 mph38%——
Mon 2 PM75°75°61°62%1%ESE6 mph12 mph35%——
Mon 3 PM76°76°62°62%1%ESE5 mph12 mph33%——
Mon 4 PM77°77°62°60%1%ESE5 mph12 mph30%——
Mon 5 PM76°76°62°62%1%ESE5 mph10 mph36%——
Mon 6 PM74°74°63°69%1%ESE3 mph8 mph41%——
Mon 7 PM72°72°63°73%0%E3 mph7 mph47%——
Mon 8 PM70°70°63°78%0%E3 mph8 mph46%——
Mon 9 PM67°67°62°84%0%ESE3 mph9 mph44%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 26, 10:02 PM CDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 11, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2676°62°Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely47%0.25 inwind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
  2. SunSep 2775°61°Chance Showers And Thunderstorms63%0.28 inwind 5 mph · gusts 12 mph
  3. MonSep 2877°62°Partly Sunny11%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  4. TueSep 2978°66°Chance Rain Showers78%0.47 inwind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  5. WedSep 3075°66°Showers And Thunderstorms80%1.14 inwind 6 mph · gusts 14 mph
  6. ThuOct 174°59°Showers And Thunderstorms75%1.09 inwind 8 mph · gusts 17 mph
  7. FriOct 272°57°Chance Rain Showers50%1.05 inwind 7 mph · gusts 15 mph
  8. SatOct 373°56°Slight Chance Rain Showers16%0.02 inwind 5 mph · gusts 12 mph
  9. SunOct 470°53°National Blend13%0.01 inwind 7 mph · gusts 15 mph
  10. MonOct 569°53°National Blend5%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. TueOct 671°54°National Blend10%0.04 inwind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  12. WedOct 7~71°51°Model mean
  13. ThuOct 8~72°53°Model mean
  14. FriOct 9~69°50°Model mean
  15. SatOct 10~72°54°Model mean
  16. SunOct 11~71°47°Model mean0.19 in

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like67°
  • WindESE 5 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity88%
  • Dew point63°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility10 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · set
  • Moonrise6:54 PMMoonset 7:00 AM
  • Moon phaseFull moon100% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 26, 7:00 PM CDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 26—61°NWS grid 76° / 62°rain 67%thunder 25%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  2. SunSep 2775°61°NWS grid 75° / 61°rain 54%thunder 20%0.05 inwind 5 mph · gusts 12 mph
  3. MonSep 2876°62°NWS grid 77° / 62°rain 10%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  4. TueSep 2979°66°NWS grid 78° / 66°rain 75%thunder 16%0.23 inwind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  5. WedSep 3076°65°NWS grid 75° / 66°rain 81%thunder 29%1.48 inwind 6 mph · gusts 15 mph
  6. ThuOct 174°59°NWS grid 74° / 59°rain 71%thunder 27%1.23 inwind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  7. FriOct 271°57°NWS grid 72° / 57°rain 47%thunder 29%0.86 inwind 7 mph · gusts 15 mph
  8. SatOct 372°56°NWS grid 73° / 56°rain 23%thunder 15%0.06 inwind 5 mph · gusts 12 mph
  9. SunOct 470°53°Beyond the NWS gridrain 13%thunder 10%0.01 inwind 7 mph · gusts 15 mph
  10. MonOct 569°53°Beyond the NWS gridrain 5%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. TueOct 671°54°Beyond the NWS gridrain 10%0.04 inwind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  12. WedOct 772°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 5%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
50°64°77°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 26, 7:00 PM CDT · GFS Sep 26, 1:00 PM CDT · GEFS Sep 26, 1:00 PM CDT · ECMWF Sep 26, 7:00 AM CDT · ECMWF AI Sep 26, 7:00 AM CDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

50°68°86°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2676° 62°0.25 in~70° 65°0.02 in~81° 67°0.04 in~80° 67°0.05 in78° 63°0.13 in~74° 64°0.21 in
Sun Sep 2775° 61°0.28 in67° 61°0.40 in77° 62°74° 63°0.04 in77° 64°0.13 in~72° 64°0.25 in
Mon Sep 2877° 62°74° 61°80° 57°79° 59°75° 61°~75° 61°
Tue Sep 2978° 66°0.47 in—75° 62°0.09 in78° 62°0.19 in83° 62°0.02 in~80° 61°
Wed Sep 3075° 66°1.14 in—78° 64°0.09 in77° 67°0.57 in72° 70°1.24 in~83° 70°0.04 in
Thu Oct 174° 59°1.09 in—75° 66°0.74 in73° 66°0.48 in76° 67°0.39 in~76° 66°1.25 in
Fri Oct 272° 57°1.05 in—74° 68°0.25 in74° 62°0.14 in~72° 65°1.94 in~64° 58°0.33 in
Sat Oct 373° 56°0.02 in—79° 65°0.28 in75° 59°0.13 in~61° 58°0.08 in~62° 58°0.38 in
Sun Oct 4——68° 50°0.16 in69° 59°0.09 in~65° 59°~65° 60°0.07 in
Mon Oct 5——66° 44°64° 52°0.06 in~68° 53°~65° 60°0.06 in
Tue Oct 6——73° 50°~63° 47°~65° 49°~68° 51°
Wed Oct 7——~76° 56°—~66° 48°~72° 49°
Thu Oct 8——~73° 58°—~69° 49°~74° 54°
Fri Oct 9——~65° 49°—~73° 51°~70° 50°
Sat Oct 10——~65° 45°—~73° 62°0.01 in~78° 55°
Sun Oct 11——~71° 47°0.19 in—~63° 62°~63° 55°

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Marshall (MHL) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Sun Oct 11, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature leanwarmer 33% · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct to Dec-20°0°20°40°60°80°100°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 2675° / 48°101° (1953)28° (1895)no outlookno outlook
Oct 372° / 48°97° (1939)20° (1895)near normal most likely · days 6 to 1033% chance above normal · days 6 to 10
Oct 1068° / 46°95° (1899)19° (1917)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 1765° / 42°91° (1939)20° (1972)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2460° / 40°89° (1950)19° (1925)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 3157° / 36°86° (1950)8° (1991)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 757° / 35°87° (1945)-3° (1991)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 1453° / 35°80° (1964)-0° (1959)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2148° / 30°78° (1926)2° (1950)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2846° / 26°75° (1933)-3° (1895)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 539° / 24°71° (2017)-13° (1917)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1242° / 26°74° (2021)-12° (1989)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1940° / 25°69° (1893)-24° (1989)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

The sun is down, so each rating says which span it is for: tomorrow’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Common coldtomorrowLowmild
  • FlutomorrowLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstomorrowLowmild
  • SunburntomorrowLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtomorrowFairchance of rain
  • HikingtomorrowGoodchance of rain
  • BikingtomorrowGoodchance of rain
  • GolftomorrowGoodchance of rain
  • FishingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltomorrowGoodchance of rain
  • CampingtonightFairrain overnight
  • StargazingtonightPoormostly cloudy

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtomorrowGoodchance of rain
  • GardeningtomorrowVery goodchance of rain
  • Outdoor entertainingtomorrowGoodchance of rain
  • Drying laundry outsidetomorrowPoorchance of rain
  • Painting and outdoor projectstomorrowFairchance of rain
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestomorrowVery highwarm
  • TickstomorrowVery highwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststomorrowHighwarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated poor.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
SaturdayPoor8:33 PM to 5:37 AM0 of 9None100%7 h5 mph
SundayPoor8:32 PM to 5:38 AM0 of 9None98%9 h3 mph
MondayPoor8:30 PM to 5:39 AM0 of 10None93%3 mph
TuesdayPoor8:28 PM to 5:40 AM0 of 10None87%10 h5 mph
WednesdayPoor8:27 PM to 5:41 AM0 of 10None79%10 h5 mph
ThursdayPoor8:25 PM to 5:42 AM0 of 10None70%10 h5 mph
FridayPoor8:23 PM to 5:43 AM0 of 10None60%10 h2 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Sat6:38 AM to 6:49 AM6:49 AM to 7:41 AM6:29 PM to 7:20 PM7:20 PM to 7:31 PM
Sun6:39 AM to 6:50 AM6:50 AM to 7:42 AM6:27 PM to 7:19 PM7:19 PM to 7:29 PM
Mon6:40 AM to 6:51 AM6:51 AM to 7:43 AM6:25 PM to 7:17 PM7:17 PM to 7:27 PM
Tue6:41 AM to 6:52 AM6:52 AM to 7:43 AM6:24 PM to 7:16 PM7:16 PM to 7:26 PM
Wed6:42 AM to 6:52 AM6:52 AM to 7:44 AM6:22 PM to 7:14 PM7:14 PM to 7:24 PM
Thu6:43 AM to 6:53 AM6:53 AM to 7:45 AM6:20 PM to 7:12 PM7:12 PM to 7:23 PM
Fri6:44 AM to 6:54 AM6:54 AM to 7:46 AM6:19 PM to 7:11 PM7:11 PM to 7:21 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:05 AM, 91° E
  • SS Sunset 7:04 PM, 269° W
  • MR Moonrise 6:54 PM, 82° E
  • MS Moonset 7:00 AM, 274° W
  • Full moon, 100% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: no-fly (thunderstorms possible, chance of rain, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). Next good stretch: Mon 8 AM to 7 PM, 11 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:35 AM to sunrise 7:05 AM, and sunset 7:04 PM to 7:34 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Sat
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Sat 10 PMNo-fly57940%10 mi400 ft67°thunderstorms possible, chance of rain, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 11 PMNo-fly571247%10 mi400 ft66°thunderstorms possible, chance of rain, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 12 AMNo-fly571255%9 mi400 ft64°thunderstorms possible, chance of rain, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 1 AMNo-fly571263%10 mi400 ft63°chance of rain, thunderstorms possible, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 2 AMNo-fly351163%6 mi400 ft63°chance of rain, thunderstorms possible, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 3 AMNo-fly351163%6 mi400 ft62°chance of rain, thunderstorms possible, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 4 AMNo-fly351259%6 mi400 ft62°thunderstorms possible, chance of rain, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 5 AMNo-fly381456%6 mi400 ft62°thunderstorms possible, chance of rain, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 6 AMNo-fly5111749%10 mi400 ft62°thunderstorms possible, chance of rain, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 7 AMCaution351243%10 mi400 ft62°chance of rain, thunderstorms possible, civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sun 8 AMCaution561241%9 mi400 ft62°chance of rain, thunderstorms possible
Sun 9 AMCaution571239%10 mi400 ft63°chance of rain, thunderstorms possible
Sun 10 AMCaution571237%10 mi400 ft65°chance of rain, thunderstorms possible
Sun 11 AMCaution561337%10 mi400 ft68°chance of rain, thunderstorms possible
Sun 12 PMCaution561238%10 mi400 ft71°chance of rain, thunderstorms possible
Sun 1 PMCaution561238%10 mi400 ft72°chance of rain, thunderstorms possible
Sun 2 PMCaution561140%10 mi400 ft73°chance of rain, thunderstorms possible
Sun 3 PMCaution561142%10 mi400 ft75°chance of rain
Sun 4 PMCaution561245%10 mi400 ft73°chance of rain
Sun 5 PMCaution561234%10 mi400 ft73°chance of rain
Sun 6 PMGood341022%10 mi400 ft72°nothing against it
Sun 7 PMCaution381211%10 mi400 ft70°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 8 PMCaution261010%10 mi400 ft68°thunderstorms possible, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 9 PMCaution314189%10 mi66°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Mon 11 AM to 9 PM 10 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sat 12 PM to 4 PM 4 hours, every hour within the rules
Sat
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
SundayWet45%0.28 in75%5 mph
MondayDry2%0.00 in60%6 mph1 d
TuesdayWet78%0.47 in71%8 mph
WednesdayWet76%1.14 in84%6 mph
ThursdayWet75%1.09 in81%8 mph
FridayWet44%1.05 in73%7 mph
SaturdayDry16%0.02 in71%5 mph1 d

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Saturday, rated best.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Sat Best11:40 PM to 1:40 AM12:02 PM to 2:02 PM6:30 AM to 7:30 AM6:24 PM to 7:24 PM 100%7:05 AM, 7:04 PM
Sun Best12:26 AM to 2:26 AM12:49 PM to 2:49 PM7:39 AM to 8:39 AM6:50 PM to 7:50 PM 99%7:06 AM, 7:02 PM
Mon Good1:14 AM to 3:14 AM1:39 PM to 3:39 PM8:50 AM to 9:50 AM7:19 PM to 8:19 PM 95%7:07 AM, 7:01 PM
Tue Good2:06 AM to 4:06 AM2:33 PM to 4:33 PM10:05 AM to 11:05 AM7:55 PM to 8:55 PM 90%7:08 AM, 6:59 PM
Wed Poor3:02 AM to 5:02 AM3:32 PM to 5:32 PM11:20 AM to 12:20 PM8:38 PM to 9:38 PM 82%7:09 AM, 6:58 PM
Thu Fair4:02 AM to 6:02 AM4:33 PM to 6:33 PM12:32 PM to 1:32 PM9:33 PM to 10:33 PM 73%7:10 AM, 6:56 PM
Fri Fair5:05 AM to 7:05 AM5:36 PM to 7:36 PM1:37 PM to 2:37 PM10:37 PM to 11:37 PM 64%7:11 AM, 6:54 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Tonight62° · 63% · ESE 5 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  2. Sunday75° · 49% · ESE 5 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. East southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  3. Sunday Night61° · 22% · E 3 mph

    A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. East wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  4. Monday77° · 3% · E 6 mph

    Partly sunny, with a high near 77. East wind around 6 mph.

  5. Monday Night62° · 1% · ESE 3 mph

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East southeast wind around 3 mph.

  6. Tuesday78° · 53% · SSE 5–8 mph

    A chance of rain showers between 7am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  7. Tuesday Night66° · 80% · S 6 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

  8. Wednesday75° · 80% · SSE 6 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

  9. Wednesday Night66° · 72% · SSE 5 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

  10. Thursday74° · 75% · SSW 5–8 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

  11. Thursday Night59° · 67% · NNE 6 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

  12. Friday72° · 44% · ENE 7 mph

    A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  13. Friday Night57° · 33% · ENE 5 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

  14. Saturday73° · 16% · E 5 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO · issued Sep 26, 6:16 PM CDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

KEY Messages

Showers and occasional general thunderstorm chances continue into Sunday morning.

Increasing confidence in a period of wet conditions from Tuesday through at least Friday. Rounds of heavy rain may yield an increasing river and areal flooding threat through the week.

Discussion

239 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Sort of a tale of two days situation across the area so far today with a couple of waves of showers/weak thunderstorm activity. The first of which has already all but moved out of the area, and the second more recently moving into western areas of the CWA. In between, areas roughly east of US-65 are even enjoying some sunshine peeking through. All of this activity is broadly associated with a mid-level shortwave trough lifting NE through the region and smaller embedded disturbances and will continue to linger periodic scattered shower and weak thunderstorm activity into Sunday morning before more substantial drying and mid-level height rises move in. While initial hi-res guidance suggested relative drying or lesser activity into this afternoon, showers and weak thunderstorm activity may end up being more prevalent than initially thought across portions of far eastern Kansas and into western/northwest Missouri. This due to MCV-like depictions noted on radar throughout the day as activity has lifted into/through Kansas. Coupled with the broader lift with the mid-level wave, tend to suspect an uptick in weak shower/thundershower activity and have begun to be seen on radar as of 2pm in NW Missouri. Nothing of significance aside from a rumble of thunder possible and brief heavy rain. And then overnight, LLJ noses into the area and should again blossom at least scattered shower/thundershower activity into the area. Currently, chances overnight tend to be best south of Highway 36. Previously mentioned mid-level height rises slide in Sunday, drying conditions out through the day.

An interesting, likely quite impactful, pattern sets up across CONUS during the work week. This being current nor'easter milling about, a western CONUS trough/cutoff low moving in-land, the remnants of Pacific hurricanes Polo and Odalys lifting northward across Baja California into the increasingly SW flow pattern, and Gulf moisture streaming northward through the Plains. At this point in time, there is high confidence in the broad scale pattern evolution through at least mid-week, if not the entire work-week. And in effect this spells out a heavy rain/flooding threat that runs from the central/southern Intermountain West and into the Southern to Central Plains. For the immediate area, this potential tends to reside at Days 4/5 (Tuesday/Wednesday) and beyond. For added confidence in the potential, GFS/Euro ensembles (as well as their AI versions) highlight and expansive/broad area of 2-4+ inch QPF through mid-late week, which is impressive when you consider the washed out nature of ensemble QPF. The potential is further highlighted by deterministic solutions, including the 12z GFS, depicting PWats climbing toward and above 2 inches (highly anomalous this time of the year) and swaths/pockets 6-8+ inches QPF. But given the time horizon, there is a good degree of uncertainty in the finer details, such as the exact track of the mid-level cut-off low, its associated surface low, and frontal positions so will stress that locations of peak amounts remain uncertain. After an expansive (geographically) coordination call with WPC today, broad Slight Risks exist on Days 4/5 for the WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlook product, with likely upgrades as finer details come into better focus. Lastly, the current best potential tends to reside over the NW half of the CWA or so, especially as you consider those areas have the most saturated soils as well (via NASA SPoRT).

Aviation · 00Z TAFs Through 00Z Monday

611 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026

Light rain showers are working east across the region leading to drying conditions from west to east; however, additional shower activity is expected to develop early Sunday morning. MVFR stratus is expected to develop after 14Z Sunday morning along and north of I-70 and looks to remain fairly consistent throughout the day.

EAX Watches / Warnings / Advisories

MO...None. KS...None.

Hazardous weather outlook Sep 26, 5:01 AM CDT

The office’s own seven-day heads-up for spotters and emergency managers.

FLUS43 KEAX 261001
HWOEAX

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
0501 AM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-271001-
Atchison KS-Miami-Linn KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Wyandotte-Johnson KS-
Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler-
Holt-Andrew-De Kalb-Daviess-Grundy-Sullivan-Adair-Buchanan-Clinton-
Caldwell-Livingston-Linn MO-Macon-Platte-Clay-Ray-Carroll-Chariton-
Randolph-Jackson-Lafayette-Saline-Howard-Cass-Johnson MO-Pettis-
Cooper-Bates-Henry-
0501 AM CDT Sat Sep 26 2026

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and
west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Through tonight.

There is a low probability of widespread hazardous weather.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on
potential weather hazards.

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Showers continue on and off throughout the day Saturday,
  increasing in coverage by tonight into early Sunday morning.
 
- 20-30% chance for thunderstorms across the area but they
  should be non-severe.

- Dry out briefly Monday with slightly warmer temperatures
  before rain chances return for the middle of next week.

$$

The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26General Thunderstorms Risk
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27General Thunderstorms Risk
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 28No risk area
  4. Day 4 · Tue Sep 29No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Wed Sep 30No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Thu Oct 1No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Fri Oct 2No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Sat Oct 3No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 260.25 in
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 280.25 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Sep 29–Sep 302.00 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 1–Oct 21.25 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Flash flood risk

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26Marginal
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27Below marginal
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 28Below marginal
  4. Day 4 · Tue Sep 29Slight
  5. Day 5 · Wed Sep 30Slight

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 2–Oct 6
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation33% chance above normalOct 2–Oct 6
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 4–Oct 10
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance below normalOct 4–Oct 10

Hazards, 3 to 14 days

  1. Oct 1–Oct 2Heavy Rain

Drought

  1. Drought MonitorNo drought
  2. Outlook for Sep 2026Drought development likely

Drought in this county: the map, the record since 2000 and the outlook

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Carrollton

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around April 16 and the first fall freeze around October 23: a growing season of about 187 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 7; one spring in ten still has one after May 1.

Climate of 39.37, -93.40: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 25 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
HeatRisk max1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little0 · Little
Wet bulb globe temperature max72°73°73°74°73°73°70°71°
Heat index max73°75°77°77°74°73°71°72°
Chance of thunder max28%28%10%37%37%31%31%15%
Cloud ceiling min8,600 ft5,600 ft7,500 ft
Visibility min10 mi6 mi9 mi
Mixing height max3,200 ft2,100 ft3,700 ft2,600 ft1,800 ft2,300 ft2,600 ft2,800 ft
Transport wind max13 mph13 mph12 mph12 mph10 mph12 mph15 mph13 mph

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Marshall (MHL) · 22 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Sat Sep 2676° / 62°77° / 53°93° (1897)30° (1912)
Sun Sep 2775° / 61°76° / 51°93° (1956)36° (1994)
Mon Sep 2877° / 62°75° / 52°101° (1953)29° (1942)
Tue Sep 2978° / 66°75° / 48°99° (1953)29° (1899)
Wed Sep 3075° / 66°77° / 51°94° (1897)28° (1895)
Thu Oct 174° / 59°77° / 51°91° (1893)28° (1895)
Fri Oct 272° / 57°75° / 51°95° (1953)28° (1895)
Sat Oct 373° / 56°75° / 51°95° (1976)32° (1987)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sat6:38 AM7:05 AM7:04 PM7:31 PM11 h 59 min Full moon · 100% lit
Sun6:39 AM7:06 AM7:02 PM7:29 PM11 h 56 min Waning gibbous · 99% lit
Mon6:40 AM7:07 AM7:01 PM7:27 PM11 h 54 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue6:41 AM7:08 AM6:59 PM7:26 PM11 h 51 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed6:42 AM7:09 AM6:58 PM7:24 PM11 h 49 min Waning gibbous · 82% lit
Thu6:43 AM7:10 AM6:56 PM7:23 PM11 h 46 min Waning gibbous · 73% lit
Fri6:44 AM7:11 AM6:54 PM7:21 PM11 h 43 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat6:45 AM7:12 AM6:53 PM7:20 PM11 h 41 min Last quarter · 53% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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