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When it Rains it Pours!
Wow, well we do not need rain anymore! The last 2 days we have seen round after round of rain and T-Storms. Here are some totals for Friday & Saturday. Keep in mind we average 3.54" for the entire month of August.
KCI.......................4.64"
Gladstone.................4.52"
Lee's Summit..............4.26"
Plaza (NBC Action News)...4.20"
Shawnee...................4.09"
Prairie Village...........4.07"
Leawood...................3.64"
Olathe....................2.37"
What's next? It looks like more rain. More rounds of rain and T-Storms are possible tonight through Tuesday. Why all the rain? There are a 2-3 main reasons. 1. A front has been stalled near I-70. This will be the case the next 2-3 days, although it may drift south a bit, it will not get far enough away to end all the rain chances. 2. We have been connected to a tropical plume from old Mexico, this has added extra moisture. 3. There are upper air disturbances embedded in the tropical plume. All this does is enhance rainfall.
See the set-up on the map below. You will see the stalled front (red-blue-red) and the clouds extending from old Mexico to Ohio.
Posted by at August 13, 2005 7:35 PM
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At my location in Lee's Summit, we had 4.25 Inches of rain beginning today at about 1 PM.
Steve,
Thank you for the report. I think you will have at least one more soaking before the end of the month.
Gary
Posted by: Steve Marsh at August 13, 2005 9:03 PM
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