A few stray sprinkles managed to find their way into far Southwest Missouri yesterday evening, but amounts had no impact on the expanding drought. Rain is not expected anytime soon as a summer ridge of high pressure begins to dominate the region this week.

Mostly sunny and hot conditions will return this afternoon after a 20-day hiatus. Afternoon sunshine and relatively dry air (and ground) will boost temperatures into the low 90s. The last 90° day in Springfield was on August 22.

This is just the beginning of an extended stretch of September heat. A heat dome is setting up over the region and will persist through the weekend into next week. This will keep temperatures high and rain chances near zero.

Temperatures throughout this pattern will run 10° to 15° above normal, and could be wa

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