February 2009 Archives

Hi everybody! Matt Chambers here in the 4Warn Storm Center on Wednesday morning, February 25th, 2009.

As part of my daily duties here at News4, I record a video segment every weekday morning for KMOV.com called "Mornin' Matt". Basically, it gives me a chance to goof off and have some fun, and to cover interesting topics that we can't always get to on our morning newscast, News4 Thi...

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Kent and I have been talking during our weathercasts how this year's Mardi Gras Parade (Saturday the 21st) is going to be bitterly cold. I'm not talking "It's February, of course it's cold" type weather, no this will be colder. This will be more like the Mardi Gras from two years ago, about 15 degrees below normal, windy and flurries. Take a look at our current forecast compared to the normals for this Saturday.

Normal high= 46

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In the past couple of weeks we've had a couple of days in the 70s and quite a few days in the 50s. So it's understanable that many of us are anxious to get Spring off and running. The only problem with that is it's still Winter!!!.

It's the middle of February and, historically, some of the worst Winter weather we've had in the past has been in late February and March. We're still about 5 weeks from Spring folks.

>> Continue reading: Note To Self: "It's Still Winter!"

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We're closely watching a storm system to our west that is gaining strength and heading this way. Because of this storm's large size, we're expecting two rounds of wet weather as it moves across the Midwest. Round 1 will arrive this (Monday) afternoon, with a heavier round 2 late Tuesday night into Wednesday.

Let's take this day by day...

Today
Warm and gusty winds out of the south will push temperatures...

>> Continue reading: Two Rounds Of Rain On The Way

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Well, we've lowered the high on Thursday from 50 to 45, but that's still much warmer than today's 25! And it gets warmer Friday and Saturday with highs in the 50s. In fact, right now we've got Saturday's high at 58, so I checked the climate data to see when we normally see a high around 58. It's about March 22nd, which is right around the Spring Equinox. So, in early February we truly will get a taste of early Spring temperatures. ...

>> Continue reading: A Taste Of Early Spring!

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From 8 degrees to 50 degrees, that's the warm up that will happen over a two day span. It would be nicer if it all happened on Wednesday, but that will not be the case. But just as quick as this Arctic air moved in, we will see a quick warm up starting Thursday afternoon. And the mild air lasts into the weekend with highs in the 50s.

Wednesday Morning Forecast= 8

Thursday Afternoon Forecast= 50

So, we have a ...

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