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Rain, Rain Come This Way...
There is a storm in the Plains... heading our way. Here is a look at this evening's surface map:
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Ahead of this storm, we are in a strong southerly flow. That has been increasing our moisture... as Gary pointed out in his blog entry yesterday. Today we had highs in the lower 80s, and it felt a bit muggy. In this warm, moist (and therefore unstable) airmass... we will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. This will continue until the cold front passes through on Monday.
Even though we will see some spotty shower/thunderstorm activity... it won't be in the AMOUNTS we need. Here is the NAM's estimated precip through Monday afternoon:
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As you can see from the legend to the left... there is only a tenth of an inch forecast. Some places could see higher amounts, with locally heavier rain in any given thunderstorm. But overall... this is not the rain event we NEED.
A lot of lawns are starting to brown up out there... and many of you have started watering. The good news, as we head into the end of next week... there is a more favorable solution for heavy rain that is evident in the computer models. If everything sets up right... we could finally get the break we need! It is a long way off... so stay tuned as we tweak the forecast...
Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms!!
Jamie :)
Posted by at May 7, 2005 7:03 PM
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Dear Jamie,
My wife and I were watching you on the weather assignment in Gardner. She commented "she seems like she likes being out of the studio." Are we right? ha! You had that "weather channel" look - which is a good thing to me.
Randy
Pomona, Ks
RANDY:
I am glad you got to see the story from Edgerton... I had a lot of fun on the farm! I actually do enjoy getting out to cover stories... it keeps it interesting. I get to meet new people, and see new places. My favorite things to cover are weather related stories... or science/environmental stories. Oh yeah, and storm chasing stories!
Thanks for posting!
Jamie :)
Posted by: Randy Senior at May 7, 2005 8:33 PM
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Jamie,
What is going on with live action doppler tonight. The image is really messed up.
Just wondering.
David
DAVID:
Wouldn't you know it... right when we *finally* get rain... we have problems with Live Triple Action Doppler. The computer is down... not sure why at this point. Our engineers are looking at it... hopefully it will be back up Sunday. Meantime, you can use the NWS out of Pleasant Hill:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.p19r0/si.keax.shtml
Thanks for posting,
Jamie
Posted by: David at May 7, 2005 10:24 PM
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