KSHB: Weather: Action Weather Blog: Spotty Continues

It has been another nice summer day for us, and once again... some isolated thunderstorms have popped up as we reached our max heating. You can see them on the evening image of ESP:

That is the spotty thunderstorm culprit. The reason they are SOOOO spotty is because we are lacking moisture. The front will still be nearby tomorrow and Friday, so we can't rule out isolated thunderstorms both of those days, too... although most areas should stay dry.

Temperatures will continue to bake south of the front. We will be into the lower 90s the next couple of days... and then mid-90s for the weekend! Not much else is going on, here.

The big weather continues to be out East! Flooding rains continue... and now the floods are being blamed for 11 deaths there. This from the AP:

New York officials say two people died after a "washout'' on an interstate this morning. State police report two bridges "are down.''

A fire official in Pennsylvania says an elderly man died in a single car accident on a road that was closed by flooding near the New Jersey state line.

The rain has pretty much come to an end there, for now... but there is just entirely too much water with no place to go. So the flooding problems will continue.

Last, many of you have been asking about when Weather Plus will be streaming on our website. Here is the answer from our Weather Plus expert:
"Hopefully in about a week, maybe earlier. We are waiting on an audio card for the box. I have the video part working. Will unveil when I have sound. "

Hang in there... it's coming soon! :) Gary is back from vacation Thurs/Fri. See ya over the weekend!
Have a good one!
Jamie

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Jamie,

I was hoping your could respond to this. I've noticed a continued pattern around the KC Metro area on some of the available Nexrad sites on the Internet. There seems to be a big green blob (for the lack of a better term) that seems to appear over the KC area in the early evening hours. The approaching isolated thunderstorms on the radar this evening, seem to lose much of their strenght as they enter this "green" area on the radar.

Is the radar indicating a stablization to the atmoshphere and why does it seem to be localized to the metro area? Have you noticed this anomaly?

I would appreciate to hear your commments. Thanks so much.

Don Hassinger

DON:
Hey, there... I think you are seeing ground clutter from the radar site. Usually when the weather is quiet, the NWS will switch the radar into "Clear Air Mode"... which is basically a very SENSITIVE mode. It can detect things on the ground... even dust, insects and birds! So the green areas you see are probably just what we call ground clutter or "false echos".
Hope that answers your question!
Jamie

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Jamie

This year has been one for the record books so far. Janruary was the warmest on record; April became the 2nd month this year with the warmest temperatures on record. I do not think that the GRC can completely explain one of the warmest years since the 1930s. The GRC + Global Warming + Urban Heat Island Effect will have much more impact on future temperature anomalies. (Hopefully the hurricane season will not be as bad this year) SSTs right now are running normal to slightly above normal for the Atlantic Basin)

Devin

DEVIN:
I think the GRC has everything to do with why BOTH months were warm. I mean, the GRC isn't CAUSING the warm weather... but basically saying that IT'S GOING TO REPEAT. Gary can answer more tomorrow, as he will be back!
Thanks for posting!
Jamie