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Finally... an Active Radar!

Sorry for the late entry tonight... I have been watching some thunderstorms to the northwest of Kansas City. This afternoon and early evening... we just had some showers that formed a line along a cold front. But those showers have intensified into thunderstorms as we've gone through the evening! In fact, they have prompted a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH for parts of Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Here is the coverage:

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As we go through the overnight... thunderstorms will drift southeast and into the metro! Some of them could contain heavy rain and gusty winds.

We will start the day Monday with a chance of thunderstorms... then we should dry out as the front moves to our south in the afternoon. Behind the front, our winds will be in out of the northwest... but temperatures on Monday will still be warm. Not AS warm... but we're talking mid-to-upper 80s vs. the lower 90s we've been experiencing the past several days! And the longer the clouds hang on... the lower afternoon highs will be! A little relief, at least!?

But watch what happens as we go into the second half of the week:

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See that upper ridge building into the southwestern US?? That means more heat is headed our way. Expect mid-to-upper 90s by week's end. Hot, hot, hot!

And here's the Hurricane Emily update... still a CATEGORY 4... although she has weakened some:
MOTION: WNW 20 MPH
WINDS: 135 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS
PRESSURE: 951 MB...28.08 INCHES

Emily should make landfall on the Yucatan Penninsula late tonight/early Monday morning. Over land... the hurricane will be cut off from it's source of fuel... warm ocean waters. So we do expect some weakening... but once it's back over the Gulf of Mexico Monday afternoon... it could strengthen again.

Have a good one!
Jamie

Posted by at July 17, 2005 8:34 PM

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Posted by: Steve at July 18, 2005 2:29 PM