Blog: Lawrence Weather Watch
“Extreme” Hurricane Season Coming?
Friday, March 12Sounds a bit extreme, don’t you think? There are some out there in the private forecasting community who think the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will be one for the record books. Of course, it’s not impossible. However, the problem with this line of thinking is that predictions for extreme outcomes –like for ‘extreme’ hurricane seasons – are often not useful when the predictions themselves are only slightly better than climatology.
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Kansas Radar
Track storms with NOAA's National Weather Service radar from Topeka.
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Precipitation Totals for Lawrence Municipal Airport (March 12)
March to date: 1.14"
Normal March to date: 0.89"
2010 to date: 3.08"
Normal year to date: 3.33"
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.
- Kansas Road Conditions: Kansas Department of Transportation provides an interactive, live look at road conditions across the state.
- 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
Saturday: Periodic light showers will stick around again for your Saturday with a high of 47° with a north wind between 10-20 mph with gusts near 30. Look for a low around 35 with showers tapering off during the evening and overnight..
TowerCam afternoon weather update for March 13
The view from the 6News TowerCam.
Weather news
- ‘Extreme’ hurricane season forecast
- March 11, 2010
- This year’s Atlantic hurricane season could be “extreme” with several major storms hitting the U.S., AccuWeather.com meteorologists warned Wednesday.
- Douglas County sirens won’t sound during Thursday tornado drill
- March 10, 2010
- Douglas County Emergency Management won’t activate the county’s outdoor warning sirens during the statewide tornado drill at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
- An active tornado season on tap for 2010, weather officials say
- 02:41 p.m., March 9, 2010 Updated 04:55 p.m.
- Forecasters say a wetter-than-usual winter and a jet stream ripping over the part of the country known as “Tornado Alley” could lead to an active spring — perhaps starting with the strong twister that nicked a small western Oklahoma town Monday night.
- 1990 tornado outbreak still one for the books
- March 9, 2010
- Twenty years after a storm cell produced tornadoes across much of the Midwest on the same day, meteorologists say those tornadoes are still teaching lessons about severe storms.
- Kansans urged to prepare for severe weather
- March 8, 2010
- March 8-12 is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Kansas, and residents are being asked to prepare not only for the upcoming tornado season but also for other severe weather such as flash floods and thunderstorms.
- Statewide tornado drill pushed back to Thursday
- 11:30 a.m., March 8, 2010 Updated 03:00 p.m.
- Citing the threat of actual severe weather Tuesday, the National Weather Service in Kansas has canceled the statewide tornado drill scheduled for that day.
- Lawrence winter has been unusually cold
- March 3, 2010
- The ice sheet on your roof, permafrost on your lawn and seemingly essential antifreeze in your car represent mere indications of a colder-than-cold winter thus far. A chilling set of numbers confirms it.
- Snowmageddon! Snowicane! Weather hype reigns in winter
- Meteorologists’ terminology called irresponsible
- February 28, 2010
- The snowmenclature smackdown among meteorologists started with “snowmageddon” and “snowpocalypse.”
- Another blizzard smacks East; over a million without power
- February 27, 2010
- A slow-moving winter storm smacked the Northeast on Friday, unleashing heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds as it knocked out power to more than a million homes and businesses. It turned Maine beachfront streets into rivers and piled on the misery in places hit by three major blizzards in less than a month.
- Snow, rain pummel Northeast
- February 26, 2010
- A slow-moving winter storm packing heavy, wet snow and potentially flooding rain spread over the Northeast on Thursday, disrupting air traffic and closing schools. Utility companies braced for possible widespread power outages overnight from high winds and toppled trees.
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