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RAIN!!

TODAY'S NUMBERS:
HIGH: 57
LOW: 46

Finally! A good soaking rain for many of us! This storm tapped into some good moisture, and that meant most places saw about a half-inch or more in rainfall! Here are some of the area totals so far:

KCI: .70"
DOWNTOWN: .50"
OLATHE: .61"
TOPEKA: .38"
KIRKSVILLE: .89"
ST. JOSEPH: .41"
LAWRENCE: .72"
EMPORIA: .11"
MANHATTAN: .23"
CHILLICOTHE: .62"
KNOB NOSTER: .45"
LAKE OF THE OZARKS: .61"

And despite the rain and cloud cover... temperatures are still above average today! Wow! There are still a few isolated thunderstorms out there this evening (nothing severe)... but that is about it! The severe weather stayed to our west today, with mainly reports of large hail West of Topeka:

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Notice that one red dot on the map... that was a tornado reported in Harvey County, KS. The damage report reads:
"Winds blown out of cars at auto dealership. Light polls down, and large tree limbs down"

It looks like the chance of rain will come to an end for US shortly after midnight, and things will be drier for Sunday. We may see cloud cover a good part of the day, though. Afternoon temperatures will be a little cooler than today, with highs in the upper 40s to right around 50 degrees.

This week has another run at 60 degrees (on Tuesday). So mild conditions will continue!! But we are seeing some evidence that it could start to turn colder by next weekend. You can see it advertised on the GFS:

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We are watching that trend! Otherwise, it looks quiet until then!
Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Posted by at January 28, 2006 8:15 PM