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I wanted to post a few more photos we received of last night's amazing sky. Here ya go:
These first two are from Callie Hanson of Leawood, Kansas:
The next pics are from Tara Murphy of Overland Park:
And this last one... a beautiful double rainbow... is from Kelly and Hayley Griffin:
Kelly and Hayley ask, "what causes double rainbows, and how often do they occur?"
Well, to answer your question... rainbows happen when the sunlight reflects off rain in the atmosphere. What is happening here? In a rainbow, raindrops in the air act as tiny prisms. Light enters the raindrop, reflects off of the side of the drop and exits.
When you see TWO rainbows together... this is called "double rainbow" or "secondary rainbow". These are caused by the same thing that causes the first rainbow, refraction of light through water droplets. The first rainbow is caused by the light refracting once through the droplets. The second rainbow is caused by the light that gets bounced around inside the droplet and exits at a slightly different angle! But because the sunlight is being reflected not once, but twice by each raindrop... these double rainbows are usually fainter than their counterparts! AND their colors are reversed... pretty neat!
A double rainbow is fairly common... if the sun angle is right. Your best chance to see one is to place yourself between the rain and the sun... and look towards the rain.
As for our forecast... THURSDAY looks like it could be wet!! Look at the showers and thunderstorms that have developed over western Kansas this evening:
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That complex of rain is heading our way! It is being caused by an upper level wave:
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It looks like the rain will reach us by morning, and possibly stick around throughout the day. FRIDAY still looks great, though, with sunshine and comfortable temperatures!
A quick look at Ophelia... still a hurricane off the East Coast:
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Sustained winds are 85 mph, with higher gusts. The North Carolina coast is taking a pounding, and will continue to get nailed through tomorrow.
Have a good night,
Jamie
Posted by at September 14, 2005 7:46 PM
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Hello everyone! I would like to send you some awesome pictures but for some reason can't send it to the weather blog! Is there an e-mail address for one of you that I could send some great pictures too? Please e-mail me to let me know!
KIM:
You can always send your weather pictures to:
weather@nbcactionnews.com
Thanks!
Jamie
Posted by: Kim Turner at September 15, 2005 9:06 AM
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Do you know when the leaves in this area reach their peak for fall colors?
RACHELLE:
Fall color will be spotty at the beginning of October, but by mid to late Ocotber... we should see peak fall color!
Jamie
Posted by: Rachelle at September 15, 2005 10:29 AM
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