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Alberto is Born
TODAY'S NUMBERS:
HIGH: 82
LOW: 62
It is official... Tropical Storm Alberto is here:
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Here is the latest info:
MOVEMENT: NORTH NEAR 7 MPH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 45 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 1004 MB
There is no real strengthening forecasted over the next day or so... and Alberto is expected to make landfall along the West coast of Florida on Tuesday. If I make it there, I will try to bring an update :)
As for weather back home in KC... expect quiet conditions tonight. With an easterly flow, we may see some low clouds roll in overnight. That would slow a warm-up for Monday... if we start off cloudy. If we don't start off cloudy... we may start off foggy. Soooo another tricky day for the temperature forecast! We're going with 80 degrees for a high right now, as we should be into some sun for the afternoon.
Here are some pictures from last night's thunderstorm activity:
This first one is from Tim in Greenwood, MO. He took this looking to the south Saturday evening. He did not have any rain at that point, but was cheering for the CAP to break!
Doug Bebee sent us this hail picture... he took it Saturday night around 10:30 as a large thunderstorm brought hail to much of the immediate Metro!
This was sent in by George Throener. He lives in Brookside, and gathered these hailstones from his yard. Wait... that's not a hail stone... that's a golfball! It illustrates how big the hail was!
A viewer I will call Dr. Seuss sent in this picture. This piece was found right next to his car in Merriam! Yikes!
Hail the size of cell phones! That is what fell in Roeland Park, KS! Adrian O’Hara sent this one in... she says it is the largest hail she has seen in her 26 years of living in Kansas City. Wow!
Thanks!
Jamie
Posted by at June 11, 2006 5:11 PM
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Jamie,
I was wondering when the current weather pattern will start to break down. Did you say it usually breaks down around August? It would be great to get a different weather pattern that actually includes rain, and not weeks and weeks of above normal temperatures. Is climate change included in the weather pattern theory?
Devin Kellerman
DEVIN:
According to Gary's weather pattern theory, the pattern fades away into summer. We can only hope this one is gone by July. BUT the new pattern won't set up again until October/November. The theory does not really get into climate change... it is just about the longwave troughs and ridges through the cycles.
Jamie
Posted by: Devin Kellerman at June 11, 2006 7:42 PM
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Radar showed an outflow this evening passing though kansas city. It seemed to originate north east of KC but there was no thunderstorm visibl and I thought the cold front had passed through last night. What was generating that outflow?
Dwight,
It was actually the real cold front. The front had stalled to our north Saturday night. The real front finally made it through us yesterday evening and we are now in the cooler air.
Gary
Posted by: Dwight at June 11, 2006 7:53 PM
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