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  1. 3 things to know about this week: 1.Early MON showers possible, dry afternoon. 2.Cooler mid-week. 3.A few wet t-storms possible mid-week.
  2. Moderate risk for severe weather and a 5% chance for tornadoes for north central Kansas and southern/eastern Nebraska later today.
  3. Winds already gusting to 30mph. 90s and windy this afternoon, but not as humid as yesterday!
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  5. Dew point temps. approaching 70 degrees this morning-above 70 this afternoon. Our heat index this afternoon: 100°
  6. Wednesday it was "flash drought," today it's "flash flood" warning until 3pm: Grandview, Lee's Summit, Greenview, Pleasant Hill, Raymore
  7. Windy and very warm today...our next best chance for rain may be Memorial Day! Our managers want me to do a story on a flash drought today.
  8. Solar eclipse now visible. Don't stare at sun directly,but use strong light filter like a welding mask and you can see moon eclipsing sun.
  9. 3 things to know about this workweek's weather: 1. Beauty MON/TUE. 2. Near 90 late week. 3. Very, very low chance for any rain.
  10. Morning temps. in the 60s, afternoon temps in the 70s. It's a while until our next chance for rain/t-storms. Care to rain dance?
  11. We've taken the rain out of the forecast for today...variable clouds and cooler...for now
  12. Few spotty showers and sprinkles now give way to a warm and breezy afternoon in KC
  13. 3 things to know about this weekend's weather: 1. few spotty SAT AM showers. 2. Warm/windy SAT PM 3. A few t-storms possible tonight/SUN
  14. 30% chance for scattered rain and t-storms through 1pm, then warm and windy today.
  15. Starting tomorrow: If you play weekend weather trivia with us 41ActionNews Weekend Mornings, you can win a 4-pack of Schlitterbahn tix
  16. Downtown Art Annual this weekend! Friday evening: warm and humid. Saturday: Partly cloudy, warm, breezy. Sunday: T-Storms?
  17. 3 things to know about this week's weather: 1.Calm with lots o' sun. 2.A slow warm up, upper 80s late week. 3.Becoming breezy by late week.
  18. Anyone have ambitious plans for the next 7 days without rain in the forecast?
  19. Happy Mom's Day! 73 degrees today with more sun than yesterday! My mom comes to town in 3 weeks, she wants to do karaoke. Suggestions?
  20. It may be more than a week until our next chance for rain. That's not very May-like! :) or :( ?