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Weekend forecast

Highlights – still warm but drier – scattered storms by the weekend Forecast The front and disturbance which brought heavy rain to region Wednesday will be south of the region with only morning clouds and patchy fog today with highs … Continue reading

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Rainfall record today

3.23 inches of rain fell today which broke the old mark of 1.72 inches in 1931.

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flash flood warning in effect

we have had several rounds of storms today with hvy rains from a disturbance and moisture from td 5. The rainfall over 2 inches, some mesonet sites over 5 inches of rain  has resulted in an increased flood threat today. Addtional … Continue reading

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Time to take the edge off the heat

1. The summer theme hot with severe storms has continued over the last week while I was away. So far this August has lived up to the summer outlook as being very hot. 2. Today we have a cool frontal passage … Continue reading

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Severe Thunderstorm untill 11pm.

Weather Statement 08.14.2010 (3:30 pm CDT) In an extremely warm and unstable atmosphere thunderstorms have redeveloped along an outflow boundary from storms that were northwest of the region this morning. Due to the unstable nature of the atmosphere some of … Continue reading

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hot hot and hotter

1. The front has moved south of the region reducing humidity to normal levels and temps down a bit. Lows should Be near 70 with highs in the lwo 90’s Friday and Saturday. 2. By Sunday we return to southerly flow which will allow … Continue reading

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Bowling Green hits 100*F for first time since 2007

The official high Wednesday was 100*F the first time it has reached 100*F since August 2007. In that month the highest reading was 106 and the 100* mark was reached 8 times!!! On other news a frontal boundary should move … Continue reading

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Updated thoughts on heat wave

The euro is calling for a high 97 tomorrow with a 75 dewpoint producing a max heat index of 109. While the gfs which has been to warm all week has a high of 102 with dewpoints in the low … Continue reading

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Another heat wave to start August

1. A quick reflection on the summer forecast posted here was one that indicated August should the hottest month compared to normal the counter was the cfs climate model  featured in the last post on the winter preview which has … Continue reading

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weekend forecast and a winter preview

or rain. let       These graphics are from the cpc and noaa. As you can see  a transition to a moderate la-nina is likely in the coming months. Some analog years for a winter match up well with … Continue reading

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