What was once Category 2, Hurricane Dolly impacting Texas a week ago, weakened into a spinning area of showers and thunderstroms, moving into New Mexico Friday and Saturday. The weather pattern then became favorable for what was left of Dolly to move towards Kansas City.  And, this morning the remnants of this tropical system is barely hanging on over Kansas and moving toward Missouri.  Look below at what is left of Dolly:

This tropical moisture will dump heavy rains tonight (1 to 2 inches) as it moves across the area, while others get 1/4 inch or less. The cloud cover, thickening up and increasing this morning, will likely hold temperatures down again today.  The best chance of rain in Missouri will move in overnight into Wednesday.  Dolly has weakened into a spinning area of about 4 or 5 smaller scale disturbances.  Some of these weak spins at various levels of the atmosphere will organize areas of rain & thunderstorms, but where will the maximum amount of rain fall? 

I will monitor the situation as the day progresses.

Alex Pickman...( www.freewebs.com/alexpickman )