Gary Lezak

Gary Lezak retired from a distinguished TV career to run Weather 20/20 full time! The patent-pending data is now generating millions for businesses!

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

How about the USA! Who watched the USA team win 2-0 tonight! Ryan Kraus, a great friend and former fellow coworker at KSHB is in Denver visiting, and we found a sports bar to enjoy the game. His wife Jessica is a huge soccer fan too! #worldcupknockout

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

Goooooooooood morning! An Anticyclone, which is the opposite of a Cyclone or storm system, is intensifying over the eastern United States. These anticyclones form aloft, generally 10,000 to 25,000 feet above us, and when they develop over land, they create heat waves. I call them "Heat Wave Creating Machines."
The current developing anticyclone will weaken over the holiday weekend and then is forecast to redevelop over the western United States in around ten days. At this point, it does not appear likely to build directly over Kansas City, which means additional rain chances may continue to show up over the next couple of weeks.
Summer is settling in, but the pattern still favors periodic thunderstorm complexes and opportunities for more beneficial rainfall across the central Plains and Midwest. 🌦️🌽🌩️

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

Gooooooooood evening! Can you believe we are already halfway through 2026?
Here are some year-to-date rainfall totals ending today, with Kansas City leading the way at nearly 28 inches of rain so far this year! It has been a very wet year across parts of the central U.S.
Meanwhile, it has been a bit frustrating for me here in Colorado. Just look at the difference between Kansas City with 27.73" of rain and Denver with only 4.65". Wow!
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🇺🇸 Happy Fourth of July week, everyone! 🌦️🌽🎇

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

@Weatherunited1 Which one is correct, the "corrected" chart which shows +2°C above or the chart you share which shows +4°C?

[Max Velocity @MaxVelocityWX]

HOLY CRAP! A storm in South Dakota is producing winds up to 131 miles per hour. That is nearly the equivalent of an EF3 tornado (136mph) That is absolutely ridiculous.

This also includes lemon sized hail, which will produce devastating property and crop damage at wind speeds like this. If you know anyone in the path of this, tell them to stay weather aware. The storm is just southwest of Aberdeen, South Dakota.

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

@tankelmike I am working on it.

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

Gooooooooood morning! ☀️🇺🇸
It is the beginning of the long Fourth of July week! Here is one of the temperature forecasts valid at 6 PM Mountain Time on Saturday, July 4th. The cool pocket over Nebraska is being caused by a thunderstorm complex, while most of the nation looks dry for Independence Day.
In Kansas City, the heat looks pretty typical for early July. However, it may feel a bit more uncomfortable because everything is so green, the ground is so wet, and the dew points are high, adding extra humidity to the air.
As always, we'll continue to fine-tune the forecast throughout the week as New Data comes in. Have a fantastic start to your holiday week! 🇺🇸🌤️🎆

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

Happy 100th Birthday to Mel Brooks. Has anyone seen the movie "High Anxiety", one of my favorites!

[Creepy.org @creepydotorg]

Legendary actor Mel Brooks just turned 100 today and is no longer allowed to play with LEGOs.

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

Goooooooood morning! It's time to get up. We have to hit the road and head back to Colorado! it will be hot and humid this week in KC, and hot and not humid in Golden, CO. A heat wave in KC is when there are three consecutive days of 95° or hotter. It may reach 95° by the 4th of July! We will check later today when we get back to Colorado. We hope you have a great Sunday!

[Daniel Swain @Weather_West]

A serious and still-escalating wildfire outbreak is now underway across interior West, and has today expanded beyond NV & UT into western CO & AZ/NM. Extreme fire behavior and rapid spread is widespread; adverse conditions expected for 7+ days. #UTwx #COwx #AZwx #NMwx [Thread]

[Kevin Malone @Malone_Wealth]

The Boise, Idaho area was hit with one of the worst summer storms ever recorded yesterday evening. Some areas had more than 8 inches of hail in less than an hour.

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

Gooooooooood morning! This doesn’t quite look like summer in KC! A huge heat up is in the forecast beginning this weekend. I hope to see you around KC today. This is a Timelapse from our room! Andy wants to thank everyone for all the birthday wishes and words of encouragement for today’s Celebration of life for his father Joe Caraway! We miss him so much!

[DeepWebSlinger @deepwebslinger]

WOW‼️. THIS WAS BAD....

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

Rule #1 of forecasting, always look outside and up! The clouds are becoming more threatening, thunderstorms may begin forming at any second. Guess where I’m at? Andy took the picture, I should’ve had him in it for his birthday!

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

Happy 50th Birthday, Andy! From my 50th birthday to yours… this photo captures just one moment in our incredible journey together. This is from the 50th Birthday Surprise Party you set up for me. Today, as we pull into KC, let's make this a special day for you. Thank you for 28 years of love, laughter, adventures, and unwavering partnership. Here's to celebrating you today and to many more sunsets ahead. ❤️ Let's wish Andy a very special birthday on this milestone. Weatherwise, it is a tricky forecast for KC with a lot on the line with the World Cup match tonight. I will update you later. We are in Hays, KS getting ready to finish our trip to KC.

[Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper]

🚨 Multiple countries hit with strong earthquakes today

- M5.6 California, USA 🇺🇸
- M7.1 Venezuela 🇻🇪
- M7.5 Venezuela 🇻🇪
- M6.9 Japan 🇯🇵

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

Major Earthqu akes hit Venezuela and the destruction looks massive. This is not AI, as it may seem to appear. There are likely many fatalities. Very scary!

[Said Rahal @srahalh]

Me han pasado este vídeo del Aeropuerto de Maiquetia. dios mío…

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

On the road again! Rainbow 🌈 & 😎 Sunny The Weather Dogs are in Hays, KS. We are on our way to KC for Andy’s dad’s celebration of life Friday. And a storm system is approaching. The World Cup game may be impacted tomorrow night. I’ll check in later.

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

@pjkc55 Pam, the forecast for Kansas City is for a summer storm to move across between now and Friday with 1-4 inches of rain possible. Then, a big warm up for Independence Day!

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

Goooooooooood afternoon! I just spent the past few hours writing up the Weather 20/20 Intelligence Report. For farmers I discussed the big pollination period ahead and the outlook from the LRC Model for the next two months, and I also discussed the forecast for a stormy end of the week and then the heat building in for the 4th of July. Here is the link to the report: https://t.co/tL4vdgIYdi

[Gary Lezak @glezak]

Goooooooooooood morning! Get ready for some more rain in the next three days. Rain, Cool Air, Then Summer Heat. Another 1–4 inches of rain is likely across the Kansas City area by Friday as a summer storm system moves through the region.
Kansas City has already received 27.21" of rain this year, which is nearly 9 inches above average. By comparison, Denver (4.13") and North Platte (4.24") have received only about 8 inches of rain combined for the entire year.
The incoming storm system will also bring an unusually cool day for late June across parts of the Plains and Midwest, with afternoon temperatures staying in the 60s and 70s in some locations, maybe even in the 50s in a few spots of Nebraska. But don't get too comfortable. The Weather 20/20 forecast continues to indicate a significant warm-up heading into the July 4th holiday period, with summer heat expanding northward as the current storm track shifts away.
A wet, cool finish to June may be setting the stage for a much hotter start to July.
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