KC Weather Check

Day by day

Friday, October 16, 2026

The forecasts for this day so far. It's scored once the day is over.

How the forecasts changed

Each forecaster's high, low and chance of rain for this day every time they changed, from a week before to now (6:37 p.m.). A flat stretch is a forecast holding; a zig-zag is a forecaster changing its mind. The shaded part is the day itself.

The high

48°50°52°54°56°58°noon3 p.m.6 p.m.KSHB 41 websiteFOX4 websiteKMBC 9 websiteKCTV5 websiteNational Weather ServiceNational Blend of ModelsGFS (American model)ECMWF (European model)GEM (Canadian model)ICON (German model)KMBC 9 First Alert teamKCTV5 First Warn teamFOX4 weather teamKSHB 41 weather team

The low

40°42°44°46°48°50°noon3 p.m.6 p.m.KSHB 41 websiteFOX4 websiteKMBC 9 websiteKCTV5 websiteNational Weather ServiceNational Blend of ModelsGFS (American model)ECMWF (European model)GEM (Canadian model)ICON (German model)HRRRKMBC 9 First Alert teamKCTV5 First Warn teamFOX4 weather teamKSHB 41 weather team

The chance of rain

KSHB 41's and KMBC 9's forecast articles don't give a chance of rain. KCTV5's and FOX4's graphics show one only when there is one, so a day without one there is drawn at 0%.

0%20%40%60%80%100%noon3 p.m.6 p.m.KSHB 41 websiteFOX4 websiteKMBC 9 websiteKCTV5 websiteNational Weather ServiceNational Blend of ModelsGFS (American model)ECMWF (European model)GEM (Canadian model)ICON (German model)HRRRKCTV5 First Warn teamFOX4 weather team

Every change

Back-and-forth: how far the forecast moved one way and then back, in degrees: all its moves minus the overall change, so a forecast that heads one way (60°, 63°, 65°) scores 0 and one that changes its mind (68°, 72°, 68°) scores 8. For the chance of rain it's in percentage points (30%, 60%, 30% scores 60). (The scorecard counts the high's changes until 9 a.m. on the day and the low's until midnight before it.)

ForecasterThe high, every changeBack-and-forthThe low, every changeBack-and-forth Chance of rain, every changeBack-and-forth
KSHB 41 weather team57°0°45°0° ––
KMBC 9 First Alert team57°0°46°0° ––
KCTV5 First Warn team56° → 55°0°46° → 45°0° 0%0 pts
FOX4 weather team57° → 56° → 50°0°45° → 42° → 41°0° 0%0 pts
KSHB 41 website53° → 52° → 53° → 54° → 53°4°46° → 45° → 46°2° 2% → 3% → 2% → 3% → 6%2 pts
KMBC 9 website53° → 52° → 53° → 52° → 53°4°45° → 46° → 45° → 46° → 45°4° 2% → 3% → 4% → 5% → 9%0 pts
KCTV5 website56° → 55°0°46° → 45°0° 0%0 pts
FOX4 website54° → 53° → 54° → 53° → 54°4°47° → 46° → 47° → 46°2° 2% → 3% → 9%0 pts
National Weather Service57° → 55°0°46° → 44°0° 1% → 3% → 6%0 pts
National Blend of Models54° → 53°0°45° → 46°0° 5% → 3%0 pts
GFS (American model)52° → 51° → 53°2°43° → 42° → 45°2° 5% → 3% → 5%4 pts
ECMWF (European model)57° → 56° → 57° → 55° → 57°6°49° → 47°0° 4% → 8%0 pts
GEM (Canadian model)51° → 52°0°42°0° 19% → 5%0 pts
ICON (German model)54° → 53°0°44° → 45°0° 5% → 0%0 pts
HRRR–0°42°0° 3%0 pts