 |
 |
|
|
Storm Team BLOG |
|
|
The coolest it's ever been on Thursday, July 2nd, is 71 in 1989...and, yet again, this Thursday! We had a high of only 71 degrees at 2:38 pm. We were only 2 off the record coolest yesterday, with a high of 73. What a start to July! - the hottest month of the year. ...
So, are youing coming down to party this weekend!?! The Waterfront Independence Festival presented ... July is our hottest month of the year. It averages a high of 87. The record highest temperautre is 107, it happened a few times in our local history books. Average low for the month is 69 degrees (kind of muggy). Average rainfall is 4.30". We more than doubled that in June, will July be wet or dry, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Just a couple rain chances over the next week or so, unfortunately one of those is on Indepe... Almost. We had a high of 73 Wednesday only two off the record coolest high temperature of 71, set back in 1937. We won't be too far off the mark again Thursday. The record coolest for July 2nd is once again 71, set back in 1989. The forecast is for mid to upper 70s. Our average highs are around 86-87 degrees, so more than 10 degrees below that Wednesday. Not the best swimming weather, but it's a nice break from the heat! ...Alright, I'm calling our June of 2009, "jumping June". Why you ask? Well, the last half of the month included not only jumping temperatures and humidity, but also rainfall. Our heatwave lasted around 12 days, starting on the 17th with our first 90 degree day of the year. We ended up with 8 days at or above 90 degrees. A little above the average of 6.5 days for the month. The humidity was another issue during this time. ... Certainly good news. We meteorologists rely heavily on the GOES weather satellite program. GOES 14 made to space just a couple days ago. These satellites are geostationary, which means they hover over the same spot above the Earth, traveling or spinning at the same rate as the Earth spins to stay put...Here's more from NOAA... ..."NOAA and NASA officials announced a new Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), launc... ...the humidity is gone!" Isn't that how that classic song goes? Seriously though, did you see that sunset Sunday evening! Beautiful and clear. Our high humidity over the last 12 days has just been clogging up the air. It's amazing how much farther and clearer you can see objects when the air is clean and muggy-free. Pilots call it "severe clear", "unlimited visibility". The humidity has been dropping steadily, it's kind of hard ...
"Cooler, Drier, More Comfortable, Lower Humidity" ... those are the words to describe this coming week. Temperatures will be at or below average (86) into our 4th of July weekend! Our coolest weather will b... It looks like we'll end up June as the 2nd wettest ever. Sunday was our last real good chance at rainfall to get us at or above 10.11 inches of rain, to tie or break the record rainfall amount for the month. 9.22" will do it I think. Dry weather is on the way to kick off July, cooler too! ...So far 9.23" of rain for June. The record wettest is 10.11" set in 1960. We're second so far! More showers and storms are in the forecast for Sunday, so the record could be broken! It may have been wet, and certainly keeping us busy, but at least it's green outside. Other wet Junes... 3) 8.42" (1942) So far we've had 6 days at 90 or above, the hottest today, Thursday the 25th, at 92. On average there are 6.5 days at 90 or above in June. So, we're close to the norm, just getting a late start with the heat wave this month. We'll have two more days in the 90s (Friday and Saturday). Looks like Saturday will be our hottest day of the year with mid 90s possible. The problem lately ha...
One of the good things about Air Quality Alerts and the trapping of pollutants under areas of high pressure, like the case on Wednesday, is the beautiful colors created by all of the particulates in the atmosphere. Ev... The area around St. Louis, Missouri is under an Excessive Heat Warning until late Saturday with heat indices over 105 degrees. Read the precautionary statement below - word to live by (literally). We may not be that hot, be we're close enough. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THE HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS
Our heat wave started last Wednesday when our high temperatures first hit 90. Dewpoints headed to the 70s, which meant the heat indices sky-rocket... Time for a little Grandparent bragging... My middle daughter and her husband just had their first baby. A beautiful boy... Jacob Roman, 8 lbs 9 oz. and 21.5 inches.
Air Quality Alert today for Unhealthy Air... Primary Pollutant: Ozone
For more information Click Here ...So, my perfect Father's Day would include golf, swimming, and fishing. Not particularly in that order, but that sounds about right. What a typical American dad! They make greeting cards just for boring old dad's like me :). I guess it's not too bad to be normal. My dad taught me how to fish, and we used to go as often as possible during the summer at Brookville Lake (not too far up the road, not too far from Cincinnati). Then, w... Summer officially begins with the Summer Solstice at 1:45 am EDT Sunday.
The solstice occurs twice a year starting the summer season, and then starting winter season. A solstice is when the sun's rays ar...
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 7:00am for the Indiana counties of Clark, Jefferson, Orange, Scott & Washington ... the Kentucky counties of Carroll, Henry, Oldham & Trimble... A line of strong storms stretches from Central Indiana to Southern Illinois is racing east at 45 mph and may sag south into northern Kentucky over the next few hours. These storms are capable of producing gusty winds, very heavy rain and small hail. ...Latest from SPC... POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN IL/SOUTHERN INDIANA INTO NORTHERN KY. MONITORING FOR A POSSIBLE WATCH.
MULTIPLE FAST... |
|
|
WHAS11.com Political Blog
WHAS11 Reporters blog the latest political news from the campaign trail and beyond. 
|
|
