Lawrence Weather Watch

A Little Information On Earthquakes

As you probably know, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has devastated the tiny country of Haiti. The quake was centered about 10 miles WSW of Port-au-Prince. This earthquake was centered on activity along the Enriquillo-Plaintain Garden fault and has been locked for the last 250 ...

Understanding where ‘freezing fog’ comes from

A rather dense area of freezing fog shrouded nearly all of Northeast Kansas on Tuesday morning. That left much of south facing trees coated in a white frost-like ice. The wind was light, but out of the south, while the fog moved through. That south wind allowed for south-facing trees and ...

Recent weather just right to get lake effect snow in the Midwest

Over the weekend I drove to Tulsa, Okla., for military training. Of course, anytime I travel south, especially in the winter, I hope for warmer temperatures. Obviously with this arctic blast, those warm temperatures were no where to be found. Another thing not to be found, the grass! My ...

What was your coldest day?

As the Arctic Blast continues to hold the area in it's grip, I begin to wonder. I am a native of Florida, and my home town has a slight chance of snow/sleet this weekend. Before I moved to Kansas, the coldest temperature I had ever experienced was 14 degrees. I know that seems modest by ...

Thursday morning brings a rare scene

Just about anywhere in Northeast Kansas, we had the pleasure of seeing some of the best displays of optical effects we ever get. After Wednesday's snowfall, the atmosphere was full of suspended ice crystals. Normally, only a high-level cirrostratus cloud can contain enough suspended ice ...

Dangerous wind chills coming to our area

A lot of people have been complaining about this bitterly cold stretch of weather, the even colder temperatures in the forecast for Thursday and Friday and the additional snow chances. I thought it would be interesting to come up with a list of things that may not be a good idea to do ...