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Amazing Month

TODAY'S NUMBERS
HIGH: 56
LOW: 38

We are STILL on pace to set a record for the WARMEST JANUARY EVER! Only a few days to go!

More amazing weather... remember yesterday's blog entry... concerning the storm reports in Kansas? Well, it turns out that the one tornado report... was indeed a tornado! And not only that, but the First January tornado since 1950 in the Witchita area! Here is a very interesting clip from the NWS website there:

"This rare January tornado affected the east side of Newton, where it damaged 50 cars at Conklin's car lot, and blew over a light pole. This tornado then travelled to NE 12th and Hillside where it threw a wheelbarrow into a home. At the end of its path, which was about 4 miles, it blew some shingles off a home at 2 miles southwest of Walton. Not only was this a rare event by January standards, it was a very unique tornado. This tornado actually did not have a thunderstorm associated with it. In fact, it was associated with a weak shower. The radar barely identified the shower, and did not give much in the way of hints of a developing tornado.

Image 1

However, Image 1 does show two low level boundaries intersecting one another which is close to the development of the tornado. These type of tornadoes are sometimes given the term landspout, because they usually form from the ground and stretch their way up into the cloud. The wind speeds of this landspout tornado was up to 70 mph which classifies it as an F0. The width of the tornado was about 50 yards."

Wow... pretty unbelieveable!! The storm that brought that severe weather to Kansas has moved well off to our east, and in it's wake... we are left with quiet conditions. Expect this to continue as we head into Monday. High temperatures will be *slightly* cooler on Monday, as an upper level wave moves through... but it is coming through dry. So another beautiful day is in store as we start the work week!

Tuesday looks even better, with highs expected to surge into the 60s once again! Do you believe it?!
Jamie

Posted by at January 29, 2006 8:04 PM