Blog: Lawrence Weather Watch
Welcome to Severe Weather Awareness Week
Saturday, March 6Severe weather can strike our region anytime. Since March through June is typically our most active period, “Kansas Severe Weather Awareness Week” officially begins Monday March 8. To prepare for this season, the Douglas County Emergency Management (DCEM) has partnered with the Topeka National Weather Service, the Kansas Emergency Management Association, and the Kansas Division of Emergency Management to request your participation in “Kansas Severe Weather Awareness Week” activities March 8-12, 2010.
Ask a weather question, and we'll answer it in our Lawrence Weather Watch blog.
Kansas Radar
Track storms with NOAA's National Weather Service radar from Topeka.
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Precipitation Totals for Lawrence Municipal Airport (March 11)
March to date: 1.08"
Normal March to date: 0.81"
2010 to date: 3.02"
Normal year to date: 3.25"
Pollen report (October 26)
Ragweed: 121
Alternaria (mold): 558
(other) Mold spores: Light
Source: Topeka Allergy & Asthma Clinic
6Weather meteorologists
Matt Elwell
Chief Meteorologist
Ed Bloodsworth
Weekend Meteorologist
Ashley Meenen
Morning Meteorologist
Gregory Postel
Staff Meteorologist
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
Thursday Night: Scattered light showers will continue for the evening and overnight hours as our low drops to 34° with a west wind between 10-15 mph. Temperatures will struggle to make it to 42° with scattered showers with a northwest wind between 10-15 mph. Don't be surprised to see a couple of snowflakes mix in early in the day. Lows will drop to 33° with isolated areas of light rain.
6 Weather Afternoon Forecast for March 11, 2010
A rain/snow mix will be possible tonight, with mostly cloudy skies and lows falling into the lower to middle 30s. A rain/snow mix will be possible during the beginning of Friday, turning over to a rain chance throughout the day, with a slight chance for a rain/snow mix overnight into early Saturday.
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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