(No Ratings Yet)While still shaking my head in disbelief that football season starts this weekend, a look ahead on the calendar tells me the first day of Autumn is just three weeks away. In most peoples mind Labor Day marks the the unofficial end of summer but does the weather support that claim? (more…)
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) It’s an ominous irony as we approach the anniversary of one of the most devestating hurricanes to hit America. August 29th will make the 3rd year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and lurking in the Caribbean is a tropical storm that many fear could become a major hurricane within the week.
I haven’t given much thought to the hurricane season so far but this one has my attention as it has for many people, and today I started to do a little researching to get a feel for what is now tropical storm Gustav. (more…)
(No Ratings Yet) Hard to get a good reading on pre-frontal precipitation tonight as most of northern Nebraska remains capped. Only an isolated thunderstorm turning southeast out of southern Cherry County is on the radar, and that has reached severe criteria.
I would like to see more uniform bands of precip along the front which is still in the panhandle, from which to get a better feel for how the overnight will shape up. Still looking at scattered T’storms developing after 3 am over central Nebraska with the front tracking through the Tri-Cities after sunrise. North of Grand Island is the favored area for more widespread rain.
The middle part of the day should be dry, but with the front forecast to stall over eastern Nebraska, an isolated T’storm could still pop up late afternoon through the early evening.
(No Ratings Yet)Maybe we can all now get caught up on our sleep. I loved the Olympics but I must admit it feels good to be going on the air at 10, our regular time. Apparently we are all a bit bleary eyed. NBC announced this was not only the most watched Olympics ever; it was the most watched TV event ever. So many story lines, each of them extremely compelling. Here are a few of the most memorable for me. (more…)
(No Ratings Yet) The cold front passed through without incident today and is now soon to be exiting extreme southeast Nebraska but we a not completely out from under its unfluence yet. As moist air overruns what will be a nearly stationary front in Kansas along with upper level disturbances, isolated to widely scattered T’storms could pop here and there Saturday and Sunday, but most locations will remain dry.
An upper level disturbance right along the front range near Denver will track east overnight so for that I’m still keeping in at least the possibiliy of isolated showers or T’storms south of Interstate 80 into Kansas during the overnight.
We are looking at more clouds than sun Saturday morning with scattered to broken clouds afternoon through the evening before skies become cloudy once again late Saturday. Temperatures will be near 80 Saturday. It will be a couple of degrees warmer Sunday with more sun. Enjoy your weekend.
(No Ratings Yet) Cooperative observers are citizens who provide the National Weather Service with observations, temperatures and precipitation data. They are the eyes and ears of the Weather Service and the data they provide are important for research and regional climatology.
Udell “Bud” Williams is one of those observers, and next Monday he will receive the Thomas Jefferson Award, the most prestigious award given by the National Weather Service for volunteer weather observers. Mr Williams has been at this good long time, nearing 40 years. He took over the postion from his father, Burt, who signed on in April of 1956
Steve Eddy, Meteorologist in Charge at NOAA’s Hastings forecast office will present the award to the North Loop native at the NoLo Village Community Center on Monday, the 25th in North Loup. If your in the area, stop by and give Bud a pat on the back for his important work.
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Thanks to Eileen Berry for sending this photo of a “smoke-nado”. She caught this shot while attending the air show at Offut Air Force Base in Omaha this weekend. During a demo by the Confederate Air Force charges were set off to replicate bombs. Apparently the heat created by these created vorticity made visible by the smoke.
Thanks for the great shot Eileen
(No Ratings Yet) It took until the mid afternoon hours but the thunderstorms projected from last night indeed have fired as that upper level low that we’ve been discussing will continue to drift to the southwest from Wyoming keeping the heaviest rain along the Front Range and the Rockies.
Favored areas for rain this evening appear to be west of highway 281 and north of I-80. Active thunderstorms are slowly drifting westward due to the circulation of that low. Because of the slow movement some of the strongest storms could lay down an inch of rain over areas. We will expecially watch for higher amounts along and to the north & west of a Grand Island to Cozad line. This is where the most widespread coverage is setting up. Severe weather is not anticipated.
We’lll check back with you after the 6 pm news.
(No Ratings Yet) A strong upper level low pressure system with its associated cold pool of air conitinues to drift south out of Canada, tracking along the front range. Numeric forecasting models are now placing the energy associated with this sytem farther wes. With the modest amount of rain we’ve seen today that is verifying, so we are making some alterations to the forecast.
I wouldn’t put the umbrella away all together, after all ,this is a fairly potent system and impulses sometimes not reflected by the forecast models can get spun out reeking havoc with a forecast put out in good faith. I don’t think we’ll be seeing much in terms of rain tonight and only scattered thunderstorms for tomorrow but we’ll stay on our heels in case some changes develop.
Flash Flood Watches that were in effect have been dropped as the heaviest rain will be mainly out toward the panhandle and the High Plains.
(No Ratings Yet) A thunderstorm complex continues to push into the Tri-Cities area producing wind gusts up to 50 mph near Arcadia in southern Valley County and 47 mph at Evelyn Sharp Field near Ord.
The integrity of this complex will maintain itself, though will continue to weaken as it marches to the southeast. Gusty winds up to 50 mph along with localized heavy rain and possibly some small hail is possible but not expecting anything particularly severe. Brief bursts of stronger winds could occur with these storms several minutes before it actually begins to rain.
At this hour it appears that these storms will sweep into Howard, Nance, Merrick and at least northern portions of Hall.
As you watch the Olympics tonight, our Sky Alert will alert you any warnings should they occur.