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June 2009 ArchivesAlright, 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... A Tornado Watch is in effect until 3:00am for the Central Indiana counties of Jackson, Jennings & Lawrence... 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 Indianapolis to St. Louis... This line may sag south to the Ohio river during the overnight hours.... What a strong and severe line of storms we had this morning and early afternoon. We had every threat but a tornado out there with winds more than 70 mph, hail, flooding rain, and frequent lightning. Here is a list of the dozens of storm reports around Kentuckiana. This same storm system created hundreds of reports from eastern Nebraska through southeastern Kentucky. 000 PRELIMINARY LOC... For the fourth day in a row strong to severe storms fired up in Kentucky. Today's storms produced golf ball to baseball size hail in Nelson County... Check out the golf ball size hail from Boston, KY in Nelson county!
It's that time of year to break out the heat index charts. If you are going to be playing or working outdoors, take this heat heading our way seriously. We've seen it time and time again where a lack of water and rest results in heat illness, even death. Our highs Thursday and Friday will be in the low to mid 90s, with dew points around 70 (Humid!), and the humidity around 45-55% during the peak heating. Calculate late the heat index yours... A fast moving "Bow Echo" (squall line) raced through Kentucky today. Around 3 pm the southern segment of this line started intensifying, and robbing the northern part of the bow of it's strength. As a result most of the severe weather remained well south of the greater Louisville area. This line of storms did produce over 50 wind damage reports of down tree, power lines and r... Tomorrow could be a very busy day...! Almost all the ingredients are coming together for a round of severe weather... stationary/warm front pushing north; low riding along the front; dew points in the upper 60s to low 70s; decent shear; low level jet (35-45mph) developing just to our west and shifting east; Jet stream starting to push south in the afternoon... However, the variable in this equation is the cloud cover we currently have, if w... You are about to read more than you ever wanted to about the temperature of 90 degrees. We haven't hit 90 yet, but we have gotten close. We hit 89 twice on the 1st and 2nd of June, and 87 on May 22nd. Our average first 90 degree day is June 7th, so we're a bit past that now. So, when will it happen...looks like this coming Thursday (Our last Thursday before Summer!). Here's your 7 Day Forecast! A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS A SEV...
We're moving into a summertime weather pattern, appropriately enough, since the new season begins officially with the Summer Solstice on June 21st, at 1:45 Eastern Time. Call them "Pop-Ups", "Popcorn ... If you are heading for a tropical vacation, or if you are just a weather nut and like to track hurricanes, we have the spot for you on our recently redesigned weather website. Check out your "Tropical Tracker". Your Tropical Tracker with have all the information on the latest hurricanes and tropical storms with their tracks and forecasts. You will also find tropical outlooks and summa...
The National Weather Service finished up their tornado surveys and came up with three. The tornadic thunderstorms kept us busy Thursday late afternoon and evening. One tornado touched down between Evansville an... Strong storms pounded Kentuckiana early this morning with heavy rain, gusty winds and continuous lightning. We had a little break until this afternoon/evening... That is when an area of low pressure riding along a nearly stationary front triggered another round of severe weather. Here's a sample of what these storms produced... Tornado - Pike Co., IN
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Lightning is one of the number one storm related killers. Here are some interesting and perhaps eye-opening statistics about the dangers of lightning. Did you know a Japanese space craft will be impacting the moon soon, I didn't either?! And, you might or might now be able to see it. I just love spaceweather.com, here's more from their site... click on the links below for more. Space Weather News for June 10, 2009 "IMPACT ALERT: Japan's Kaguya will crash into the Moon on Wednesday, June 10th, around 1830 UT. The timing favors observers in Asi... A complex of severe storms have been pounding KS and MO all afternoon and this evening. These storms have produced (so far) 5 tornadoes, 63 damaging winds, 182 large hail. This cluster of storms will head our way overnight, but they will weaken as they arrive by tomorrow morning. With that said we could still see some locally heavy downpours, gusty winds (30-40 mph) and small hail. As the storms dissipate they will leave outflow boundries ...
Space Weather News for June 8, 2009 STRANGE LIGHTNING: Over the weekend, an atmospheric scientist in Europe photog... Temperatures will be cruising up for the Crusade for Children finish! Highs will top near 90 in town, with upper 80s outside of the city. Same Monday with temps near 90, but add mugginess. As mentioned in the headline, it could be worse. Last year for Crusade weekend, temperatures reached 92 on Saturday and 94 on Sunday, with heat indices at 100 or above. Plus, severe flooding occurred over parts of southern Indiana, including are... This is from spaceweather.com, a cool website full of space facts! Space Weather News for June 5, 2009 DAYTIME METEORS: The annual Arietid meteor shower peaks on Sunday, June 7th. The Arietids are unusual because they are daytime meteors; they stream out of a point in the sky not far from the sun. The best time to look is just before dawn on Sunday morning when it may be possible ... Strong to severe storms fired up (south of the Metro) today, ahead of a slow moving cold front producing damaging winds, large hail and flooding rain. For a complete list of storm reports Click Here ...A strong southerly flow really juiced up our atmosphere today pushing the dewpoints into the 60s (yuck!). By the afternoon temperatures climbed to near 90 degrees and this is what happened...
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