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TheForecast Post

A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Kansas City, Missouri Revisions MILEPOST 1055

Kansas City's forecast for Tuesday has moved 17°F warmer

68°F in the 20260909T18:00Z run, 85°F in the 20260911T12:00Z — the largest revision of any city on the roster. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 13°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Tuesday, September 15 at 18Z in Kansas City, that trail runs from 68.5°F in the 20260909T18:00Z cycle to 85.0°F in the 20260911T12:00Z — a move of +16.6°F across 8 runs.

The change is larger than the run's own 10th-to-90th percentile spread — the guidance did not merely narrow, it moved off its previous position.

Model NBM-QMD, via api.weather.city /v1/history. Percentiles are the same run's own.

The numbers in this piece, with what they are measured against
forecast revision for Tuesday at 18Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
16.6 °F normal 0.0 °F · 1 of 8
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
13 °F normal 16.6 °F
current run
Milepost
1055 · laid 2026-09-11T22:25:11Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20260911T12:00Z
Desk
revision v1
Method
the same valid time read from successive synoptic cycles; the move is last run minus first run
Source
https://api.weather.city/v1/history
Digest
5b1cbfb6f189f23b08609209f5b58d989baf6dd8844eb422b887eb154d4acb5c
Machine
JSON