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May 8, 2005

Not Over Yet

Mother's Day started nice, and we reached a high of 78 degrees late this morning BEFORE the showers and thunderstorms moved in. The rain actually dropped our temperature a good 10-15 degrees!

What happened? We "wet-bulbed out"... meaning the air temperature dropped to the WET BULB temperature. The wet bulb is the temperature air will cool to when water is evaporated into the air. Evaportation is a cooling process... and it happens every time it rains!

The amount of cooling depends on the quantity of evaporation that takes place. The air will continue to cool until the air can evaporate no more moisture. When the cooling continues and evaporation stops... making the air saturated... the air has reached the wet bulb temperature.

This evening... a break from the rain... but we could see more shower and thunderstorm activity overnight. Nothing severe expected... You can check out LIVE TRIPLE ACTION DOPPLER to see where the rain is falling right NOW.

As for Monday, the cold front isn't QUITE through the area yet... so I am keeping a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms until the front is through. It's not going to go very far... it will stall South of KC and come back NORTH as a warm front on Tuesday. That will bring us much warmer temperatures for the middle part of the week!

Have a great week!
Jamie

Posted by at May 8, 2005 8:13 PM

Comments

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I was thinking aout going to the lake of the ozarks for the first 2 weeks of august this year. Will it be very cold like last year when the lows when in the upper 40's and lower 50's. Can you tell me what the temps should be around that time. thanks very much

BRAD:
It is WAY to early to make a specific forecast for August... but I can give you an idea of average temperatures for that time of the year.

Average highs are typically in the upper 80s, and average lows are in the mid 60s. But that's no guarantee. A strong cold front or rainy conditions can drop temperatures below those numbers... and warm air advection could make it even hotter than average. We will have to be closer to the date in question to get a good feel on how things will really pan out.

Thanks for posting!
Jamie

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