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Rainfall Totals
Hank posted a comment about rainfall amounts... and seeing that everyone has now GOTTEN rain... let's talk totals!
The National Weather Service has weather data recording stations set up all across the country. Some of the stations in our area include KCI, the downtown airport, St. Joseph, and Olathe. These are the "official" numbers, if you will.
But as we've SEEN over the past few days... not EVERYone is getting the same amount of rain. Measuring rainfall is not a perfect system, as some areas could see locally heavier rain than others. A heavier downpour can really skew the numbers.
That said... here are some of the official three-day totals from the NWS reporting stations.
ST. JOSEPH: 4.25"
KCI: 3.31"
LEE'S SUMMIT: 3.07"
DOWNTOWN: 2.72"
LAWRENCE: 2.66"
OLATHE: 1.86"
You may have had more or less in your yard... the best way to know for SURE is to get a rain gage!! Or you can take a look at the NWS Doppler Radar rainfall estimates. Here is the data from 2:20pm Thursday through 11am Friday:
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OR you can just go to the NWS Pleasant Hill website to see the latest image! The legend is along the left-hand side. The green colors reflect 1-2"... and when you get into the yellows/oranges... we're talking 2.3" to 4"!!
It looks like showers will continue on and off through this afternoon and evening. The weekend will be much drier (and cooler)!
Jamie
Posted by at May 13, 2005 10:56 AM
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hey jamie, gary,jeff, and brett, i have a cool 3 second video of a lighning bolt that hit outside my house during last nights thunderstorm, as long as our computer is working fine at the time then i will send it in, it's really neat.
Little Andy
ANDY:
Can't wait to see it!
Posted by: andy donigan at May 13, 2005 12:18 PM
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