2008 Yearly Rainfall Totals June 30, 2008

As promised, here’s a look at yearly rainfall totals to date 2008.  Now that we’ve ended June, it’s quite staggering to think that we’re less than five inches away from YEARLY averages in Fayetteville; only another 4.79″ will do it!  Heavy rain could be a possibility by the end of the week with a few [...]

Not one, two, or three… but four! June 30, 2008

This unbelievable shot of four waterspouts on the Adriatic Sea was captured by Robert Giudici in August of 1999 off the coast of Albania, while en-route from Italy to Greece.

ACTIVE PACIFIC OCEAN June 30, 2008

The Eastern Pacific has been very active over the past several days. Two named storms are currently taking place and another area of disturbed weather is being monitored.
BORIS

CRISTINA

The Caribbean and the Atlantic has not been as active and it looks like it will stay quiet over the next 48 hours.

I LIKE THIS HIGH PRESSURE June 30, 2008

High pressure building to our north is such a good thing this time of year. As this area of high pressure continues to move south our winds will be out of the north and northeast (thanks to the clockwise flow of air around high pressure). These winds will keep the humidity and temperatures [...]

Heading into Monday June 30, 2008

Heading into Monday the 1023mb High stamped to our northwest will be a big player for a few days.  Flow around areas of high pressure in the Northern Hemisphere (NH) is clockwise; subsequently, we’re in-line to get northerly winds. Highs pressure is associated with sinking air too, so cloud cover will be limited as well. [...]

DRY AIR MOVING IN! June 29, 2008

The large yellow swath of “nice” air happens to be a region where dewpoints are lower than 55 degrees.  Dewponts in the middle 50s is comfortable, especially after having several days of readings in the low 70s, which feels quite oppressive.  You may already be feeling the dryer air moving in!  Water Vapor imagery, showing [...]

Beautiful Sunday Coming……. June 28, 2008

The rain continues to fall across the southern part of the viewing area this afternoon, but a brilliant blue sky, along with a lower humidity level arrives for Sunday.  The lower part of the troposphere has really been gunked up over the last week with dust, dirt, and pollutants; did you notice almost the hazy [...]

1:00 PM Update… MCV to watch! June 28, 2008

Check out the little swirl in the cluster of clouds in SW OK.  This is what is known as an MCV, which stands for Mesoscale Convective Vortex.  This is the remnants of a larger system that formed last night.  The “spin” is still going and we’ll have to watch this feature carefully; it will most [...]

9:45 AM Update June 28, 2008

Daylight (visible satellite) has helped to highlight the activity around our area. Several complexes remain scattered throughout the south central plains and we’ll be the recipients of their weather today.  We’re south of a boundary and plenty of moisture is in place (see map below).  As the front moves through today many rounds of showers [...]

SATURDAY MORNING UPDATE June 28, 2008

 
A boundary is slowly pushing through our area.  Several complexes that developed this morning and one that is just now becoming mature in central Kansas are interacting with this boundary; eventually, over the course of the next 24 hours, a push of much dryer and cooler air will work in.

The early morning visible satellite shot [...]