Good early Monday morning, everyone. Despite another day with mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers for some, we managed to wrap up the weekend on a warm note across much of the area. After we saw highs in the upper 70s yesterday at Joplin Regional Airport, we saw highs climb into the lower 80s after lows started in the middle 60s. Outside of Joplin, areas northwest of the city saw highs in the middle to upper 70s. Areas south and east of Joplin saw upper 70s and lower 80s for highs Sunday afternoon. After a warm end to our weekend, let’s break down the weather setup to see where we go from here. At the surface, high pressure centered over Tennessee is keeping our southerly breeze in place as we head into our Monday. Off to the west, our next frontal system fired off additional strong to severe t-storms across parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. While those t-storms won’t come at us today, the system itself will start to play a role in our forecast very soon.