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Track storms with NOAA's National Weather Service radar from Topeka.
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Precipitation Totals for Lawrence Municipal Airport (November 19)
November to date: 1.26"
Normal November to date: 1.43"
2009 to date: 42.96"
Normal year to date: 37.11"
Pollen report (October 26)
Ragweed: 121
Alternaria (mold): 558
(other) Mold spores: Light
Source: Topeka Allergy & Asthma Clinic
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Weather links
- Kansas radar: Composite of radar for Kansas from the National Weather Service in Topeka.
- NOAA Storm Prediction Center: Interactive information from the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center.
- National Severe Storms Laboratory: "The National Severe Storms Laboratory is one of NOAA's internationally known research laboratories, leading the way in investigations of all aspects of severe weather."
- U.S. watches: Current Convective Watches.
- Mesoscale discussions: Current Mesoscale Discussions.
Today's forecast
Friday: Expect mostly sunny skies to continue once again today, with light winds and highs in the middle 50s. Patchy fog will be possible again tonight; we may see a few passing clouds, with calm winds and lows dipping into the middle 30s. A few more clouds move into the area for Saturday, with highs in the middle to upper 50s.
6 Weather Morning Forecast for Nov. 20, 2009
We should see mostly sunny skies on Friday with temperatures reaching the mid-50's. They could drop to the lower 40's by Friday night.
Weather news
- Dense fog makes morning commute a challenge
- November 19, 2009
- The National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory Thursday morning for most of Northeast Kansas. Counties affected include Douglas, Leavenworth, Wyandote, Jefferson, Franklin, Shawnee and Johnson, among others.
- Snow arrives in big way
- Giant flakes put on winter show
- November 17, 2009
- Mother Nature delivered her first punch of the season Monday, as a winter storm hit northeast Kansas.
- Winter weather advisory issued for Douglas, other nearby counties until Tuesday morning
- 21 accidents reported in Lawrence
- 10:01 a.m., November 16, 2009 Updated 07:32 p.m.
- The National Weather Service in Topeka has extended its Winter Weather Advisory eastward into Douglas, Jefferson, Leavenworth and Franklin counties, in addition to numerous counties west of the Lawrence area.
- Hurricane Ida takes aim at U.S. Gulf Coast
- November 9, 2009
- Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges.
- Utility Cold Weather Rules takes effect Sunday
- October 27, 2009
- Kansans who get behind on natural gas and electric bills will have some protection against shutoffs when the state’s Cold Weather Rule takes effect Sunday.
- DIY weather
- October 26, 2009
- You know what they say about Kansas weather: “If you don’t like it, wait 15 minutes, and it will change.” It is that variance that fascinates Lawrence resident Mary Dillon. Dillon, who grew up in Hutchinson, says she has always been fascinated with weather, and that’s why she created her backyard weather station.
- Rick weakens to tropical storm
- October 20, 2009
- A dangerous category 5 hurricane just two days earlier, Rick weakened to a tropical storm late Monday as it headed toward the resorts on the southern tip of Baja California, where two people were killed by high waves.
- Hurricane Rick weakens in Pacific, still dangerous
- October 19, 2009
- Hurricane Rick weakened in the eastern North Pacific on Sunday but was still a dangerous storm that forecasters said could veer into resorts at the tip of the Baja California Peninsula by midweek.
- Rick strongest Eastern Pacific storm in decade
- October 18, 2009
- Forecasters say Hurricane Rick is the strongest hurricane in the eastern north Pacific Ocean in more than a decade.
- Winter forecast: Warmer Midwest
- October 16, 2009
- The Midwest and Northern United States are likely to get a warmer winter, while the Southeast can expect just the opposite: cooler and wetter conditions.
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