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Stormy Night

What a day... a lot like a spring day! This afternoon, with strong southwest winds and plenty of sunshine, we saw temperatures climb into the lower 70s! Officially we made it up to 73 degrees, exactly what we predicted for today! That reading was only two degrees shy of tying our record high for this date (75 degrees). But a georgeous afternoon, anyway you look at it!

Bobbi Burkett of Leavenworth sent us this picture as clouds began to build this afternoon:

Those clouds developed into thunderstorms tonight! We have some colder air moving in from the northwest, and the storms are ahead of that leading edge. We've seen reports of gusty winds and small hail. Jeff Penner called in and said a quarter inch of hail fell in his neighborhood, and the entire ground was white! The hail was pea-sized, though, so nothing severe. But pretty impressive, nonetheless! All of the severe storms stayed north of us tonight... in Nebraska and Iowa. You can take a look at storm reports on the Storm Predicion Center's website.

The storms will continue overnight, but by sunrise we should be drying out. We'll probably see a little sunshine early on, but as even colder air works in Monday afternoon... we'll cloud up again. There is a chance for a sprinkle during the day, and temperatures will top out early near 50 degrees before falling. It will be WINDY, with northwest winds howlling in at 15-20 mph, and gusting higher.

Winter's not over yet!!
Jamie

Posted by at March 6, 2005 11:06 PM