Weather Alerts For Gladstone, MO

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS SUMMARY Thunderstorms with hail and severe wind gusts are possible from Kansas/Missouri into west Texas. KS An upper ridge is centered over the central/southern Plains this morning, but will break down through the forecast period as a series of weak shortwave troughs emanate from the Rockies across the central Plains. Meanwhile, strong southerly low-level winds will develop across TX/OK/KS, aiding in northward return of moisture and considerable destabilization. The western periphery of the returning moisture will be noted by a diffuse dryline from western KS into western OK, where temperatures will climb into the mid/upper 90s today. By late afternoon, forecast parameters will be quite favorable for supercells capable of large hail and damaging winds across much of central KS. However, weak large scale forcing and a formidable cap to the east of the dryline significantly limits the confidence in thunderstorm development/maintenance. Any storm that forms will pose a severe risk, but coverage may be very isolated. Have shrunk the risk areas, but will maintain the ongoing SLGT for now. West TX/OK The aforementioned dryline will extend southward across western OK into west TX. Hot and dry conditions will develop to the west of the dryline, where model consensus suggesting scattered high-based thunderstorms will develop during the afternoon. Forecast soundings show near dry-adiabatic low and mid level lapse rates, and sufficient CAPE for a risk of dry microbursts or occasional multicell clusters capable of damaging winds. This activity is likely to struggle as it spreads east of the dryline this evening due to a strong capping inversion.

Pollen Index: 8.6 Pollen Level: medium-high Predominant Pollen: Oak, Walnut and Mulberry. Pollen concentrations for Friday will be higher than they were today in the high range. This rise is a result of higher temperatures and windy conditions.