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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Friday, 18 September 2026

Kansas City, Missouri Revisions MILEPOST 1130

Kansas City's forecast for Wednesday has moved 9°F colder

68°F in the 20260916T00:00Z run, 59°F in the 20260917T18:00Z — the 3rd-largest revision of the 8 cities on the roster that moved at all. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 12°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Wednesday, September 23 at 15Z in Kansas City, that trail runs from 68.3°F in the 20260916T00:00Z cycle to 59.5°F in the 20260917T18:00Z — a move of -8.8°F across 8 runs.

The change is about half the run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread, so the earlier forecast is still inside the current range of outcomes.

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 Wednesday at 15Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
-8.8 °F normal 0.0 °F · 3 of 8
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
11.5 °F normal 8.8 °F
current run
Milepost
1130 · laid 2026-09-18T10:25:20Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20260917T18:00Z
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
a8c51a24451c7e9ed041e47a9a26dabef1080a0f2a453a6f1db76662be559056
Machine
JSON