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TODAY'S NUMBERS:
HIGH: 42
LOW: 24
Finally... the sunshine returned today! I have really missed it, as it has been a good five days since it's been out! It felt good in the sun this afternoon, but still a little chilly in the shade. Temperatures are running a good 10+ degrees below average still... as the average high this time of year is 57 degrees.
Tonight... radar is looking pretty impressive. Here is what ESP looked like at 7:30pm. You can click on it to link to the current image.
A pretty good snow is falling across southern Kansas, into northern Oklahoma. And would you believe it is also snowing in Texas?? Amaraillo has recieved about an inch of snow... and Winter Weather Advisories and Snow Advisories are in effect for this region.
As we talked about yesterday, this storm will track SOUTH of Kansas City, and weaken as it does so. You can see where it is forecast to move on the NAM 500mb chart below:
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So the most we are getting out of this one is, again, just some cloud cover. MAYBE a flurry in our southern counties. Otherwise, expect a partly cloudy Thursday... with highs in the mid 40s.
Friday, we are still watching an area of cloud cover that will move in from the east. We could have mostly cloudy skies over part of the viewing area, but it does look like clouds will be at least broken over KC. So again, highs in the mid 40s!
I've had a request to post new Mags pictures... and as a proud mom... I will do just that! Here she is after a very exhausting day running in the park:
And here we are together, so you can get an idea of how big she is getting:
Isn't she just soooo cute?? She's really sweet, too! :) Just full of energy!
Now here is an interesting story. Did you hear about the category 5 hurricane that just hit Australia?? This is a pretty good article:
Australia's Cyclone Larry More Powerful Than Hurricane Katrina
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- Cyclone Larry, the strongest storm to hit Australia in 30 years, smashed into the Queensland coast today with about 40 percent more force than Hurricane Katrina, said the National Weather Service.
The highest recorded winds for Cyclone Larry, a category 5 storm, were about 180 miles per hour (290 kilometers per hour), compared with 125 mile per hour gusts for the Category 3 Katrina, said James Vasilj, a spokesman with the National Weather Service in New Orleans.
More than half the buildings in Innisfail, Queensland, a town of 8,000 people, were damaged by Larry, and about 30 people suffered minor injuries, according to Queensland's Department of Emergency Services.
``It looks like an atomic bomb hit the place,'' Innisfail Mayor Neil Clarke said on Australian television, the Associated Press reported. ``This is more than a local disaster, this is a national disaster,''
Hurricane Katrina caused the evacuation of 1.5 million people, according to the Hurricane Insurance Information Center. More than 1,300 people died and more than $87 billion has been earmarked for the rebuilding and recovery efforts.
Category 5 storms must have winds of at least 160 miles per hour. The storms are known as typhoons in the Pacific Ocean and hurricanes in the Atlantic.
... and it just keeps getting more and more amazing!!
Hope you are enjoying your evening!
Jamie
Posted by at March 22, 2006 7:29 PM
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Awwwww... Mags is too cute!!
THANKS, SARA!
I think so too... :) I never had a dog before... so all of this was new to me! But Mags has definitely become part of the family! We love her so much!
Jamie
Posted by: sara at March 22, 2006 8:40 PM
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Jamie, keep one thing in mind regarding the information about the Australian typhoon - "Australian tropical cyclones are ranked by the Australian severity category, a one to five ranking system based on the maximum wind GUSTS of a storm. A storm that has wind gusts in excess of 174 mph (280 km/h) is classifed as a Category 5. In the U.S. Saffir-Simpson scale that we are familiar with, the strength of a storm is based on the SUSTAINED winds, not the gusts. "
SCOTT:
Great point, thanks for bringing that up!!!!
Jamie
Posted by: Scott at March 23, 2006 9:12 AM
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Hi - a friend of mine shared an email that contained the following, which might describe how you all felt about the day of the not-so-snowy storm:
Salmon Day: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to.... die in the end.
PS - You probably don't want to post this log - just thought it was funny and to share - Mags is so cute - if you ever can find it, a French cartoon, "The Triplets of Belleville" has a dog in it that reminds me of labs and Parker. It's hilarious, but somewhat hard to find - my sister-in-law bought it somewhere.
Dog
HEY, DOG!
I just edited out part of that quote... but I think it DOES explain how we felt after that storm! :) I will have to look into the cartoon... sounds pretty cute and funny!!
Jamie
Posted by: StormDog at March 23, 2006 5:48 PM
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