3 record lows possible for Waco, TX this week

It's all about the heat out west but a different story elsewhere.
In Louisville, today's high of 80 was 24 degrees cooler than one year ago today. Tomorrow will be about 22 degrees cooler than July 1, 2013.

Waco, TX has a chance to break the low temperature for the date the next 3 days.

Las Vegas ties all-time record high

The 117 is also a record for the month of June for Las Vegas.

The automated weather station at Death Valley, CA reached 129.1 degrees today. The mechanical thermometer sometimes reaches a little higher.  130????   No report on that yet.

Funnel cloud in Martin Co., IN

Spotters have seen a funnel cloud in Martin County, IN near Shoals. No touch down.

The NWS in Louisville is checking with spotters in Washington and Scott counties for any sightings.

Las Vegas temperature update

At 2:00 PM PDT..... the temperature in Las Vegas was 113 degrees.

The highest temperature ever in Las Vegas was 117 degrees.

The last few days the high temperature occurred between 3:30 and 4:50.

Cold air funnels possible north of Louisville

Cold air funnels rarely touch down and are very small. There is the possibility of some of these north of Louisville into early evening.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE LOUISVILLE NWS

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...HALF INCH HAIL AND A
POSSIBILITY OF A COLD AIR FUNNEL WILL MOVE ACROSS WASHINGTON...SCOTT
AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA...

AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTTSBURG TO SCOTTSBURG TO WESTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SOME STORMS SIMILAR TO THESE HAVE
PRODUCED COLD AIR FUNNELS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN INDIANA AND
ILLINOIS.

 ...COLD AIR FUNNELS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET...

THROUGH 9 PM...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND INTO TRIMBLE AND HENRY COUNTIES IN
KENTUCKY. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF COLD AIR
FUNNELS UNTIL SUNSET. THESE FUNNELS USUALLY DO NOT TOUCH
DOWN...BUT IN RARE INSTANCES THEY CAN REACH THE GROUND AND CAUSE
MINOR WIND DAMAGE.

COLD AIR FUNNELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THAT FORM IN DEEP...COLD CORE...LARGE SCALE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS.
THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE SMOOTH AND NARROW. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT THESE FUNNELS FORM FROM ARE NOT PARTICULARLY
TALL OR INTENSE. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS NORMALLY REACH A FEW
HUNDRED FEET DOWNWARD FROM THE CLOUDS...ROTATE OR SPIN LIKE A
TOP...AND LAST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE DISSIPATING.

STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A
FUNNEL CLOUD APPROACHES THE GROUND.


SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NWS IN INDIANAPOLIS

..COLD AIR FUNNELS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING...

TRAINED SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE SPOTTED A
FEW COLD AIR FUNNELS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. TWO
COLD AIR FUNNELS WERE SPOTTED BY RUSH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
TO THE SOUTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE AT 410 PM WITH A SMALL THUNDERSTORM.

COLD AIR FUNNELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THAT FORM IN DEEP...COLD CORE...LARGE SCALE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS.
THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE SMOOTH AND NARROW. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT THESE FUNNELS FORM FROM ARE NOT PARTICULARLY
TALL OR INTENSE. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS NORMALLY PRODUCE A FEW
HUNDRED FEET DOWNWARD FROM THE CLOUDS...ROTATE OR SPIN LIKE A
TOP...AND LAST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE DISSIPATING.

IN RARE INSTANCES THESE FUNNELS MAY BRIEFLY TOUCHDOWN AND CAUSE
MINOR WIND DAMAGE. STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QU

Comparing this year's Fourth of July weather with the last few years

For the Fourth of July holiday you usually think of hot and humid weather. That will not be the case this year.  In the previous post, I mentioned the cut off low for the middle of next week over the middle part of the country. This will keep clouds and showers around at times along with daytime temperatures as much as 10 degrees below normal.

Forecast for this year:
July 4th:  lower 80's

2012:
4th of July high: 104
Highest temp the first week of July: 106

2011:
4th of July high: 86
Highest temp the first week of July: 91

2010:
4th of July high: 93
Highest temp the first week of July: 97

2009:
4th of July high: 73
Highest temp the first week of July: 86
This was the famous cool summer. There were only 13 days in the 90's all year.

Through June 28:
Days this year in the 90's: 6    Highest temperature: 93
Days in 2012 in the 90's through June 28:  15  Highest temperature: 103

All-time record high temp for Las Vegas?

The heat over the southwest U.S. will intensify the next few days as temperatures rise to daily record levels and in some cases rising to all-time record highs.

The highest temperature ever in Las Vegas was 117 degrees. The temperature will be around 117 over the weekend into early next week.
The highest temperature ever at Death Valley, CA was 134 which is also the world record. The forecast is for temperatures around 130 degrees.

At 3:00 PM EDT or noon local time: the cureent temperature in Las Vegas is 104 and the temperature at Death Valley is 118.



GFS Sunday 500mb

 When you look at a 500mb chart, the area around the 588 isoheight line usually indicates some pretty hot weather.
On Sunday, this covers much of the southwest.

Usually, record heat in this part of the country is under a 594 isoheight line.  That was been the case here in the Ohio Valley the last few years when the temperature has hit 100 degrees.








GFS Wednesday 500mb

 By Wednesday, note the 594 line in the Pacific northwest. Look for temperatures to top 100 degrees in Idaho, Washington and Oregon.

A closed low over the Mississippi Valley will bring cooler and unsettled weather for the Ohio Valley next week.

Kentucky tornado surveys in progress

Here is the info on the tornado surveys being conducted by the NWS.

1)  Rineyville, Kentucky.  Completed.  Straight-line winds up to 80 mph caused damage along KY 220 from Jenkins Road to Rineyville Road (KY 1600).  These locations are just west of Rineyville in Hardin County.  Map:  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=june26_2013_hardin_county.
2)  Eastern Hardin County, northern LaRue County, western Nelson County.  Preliminary information suggests a high-end EF2 tornado struck northern LaRue County last night.  Further details later this afternoon.
3)  Tell City and Troy in Perry County, Indiana.  Preliminary information suggests a low-end EF1 tornado struck Tell City last night.  Further details later this afternoon.

24 hour rain totals

Here are the 24 hour rain totals ending this morning. The heaviest was 3.07 in Old Louisville.

Some locations have received over 6 inches of rain in the past week. The lowest amounts have been around 2.5 inches.

Nelson Co. hailstorm

A Severe Thunderstorm WARNING for areas east of E'town to Bardstown until 7:50 is for 60 mph winds.

However, the NWS radar out of Louisville shows 3.25" hail aloft and the Indy radar shows 2.25" hail aloft.

I would be on the safe side and pull the car into a sheltered location.

Also, funnel clouds have been reported near Winslow, IN which is west of Jasper. A warning is in effect.

Louisville flooding photos

The heaviest rain total reported so far from the thunderstorms in Louisville is over 3 inches in the St. Matthews area.

St. Matthews has picked up over 6 inches of rain in the last 5 days.

Here are some flooding photos from Louisville.

Frankfort Avenue between Story Ave. and River Road.

3rd Street viaduct at U of L.

Look close.... that's the car's lights under water.

Tornado WARNING for Jackson Co., IN

Rotation showing up in Jackson Co.

There is a tornado warning for Jackson Co., IN until 7:30.

The velocity mode on the radar shows a possible tornado where the green meets the red.
This is near Brownstown.

This is slowly moving to the southeast.

Brownstown and rural southern Jackson Co. are threatened by this.

Flash FLood WARNING for Louisville

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER THE WARNED   
AREA. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING IN PRONE AREAS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MIDDLETOWN...HIGHVIEW...ANCHORAGE...
  FAIRDALE...FERN CREEK...

  IN ADDITION...LOUISVILLE BOWMAN FIELD IS INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH
  FLOOD WARNING.

  FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
  POPE LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO BLACKTHORN ROAD.
  CHENOWETH RUN OVERFLOWS AT INTERSECTION OF RUCKRIEGEL PARKWAY AND
  WATTERSON TRAIL.

ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR 
TWO IN THE WARNED AREA. PERSONS IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING 
SHOULD SEEK APPROPRIATE SAFETY ACTIONS NOW.

Golf ball size hail possible in western Indiana

A thunderstorm warning has been issued for Vincennes, IN for golf ball size hail.  (1.75")
NWS radar is showing 3.0 inch hail aloft with the storm.

Golf ball size hail (or larger) approaching Vincennes

A Tornado WARNING has just been issued between Terre Haute and Vincennes. Radar indicated.

Update from the Louisville NWS

The Louisville NWS just issued this update at 5:20......

Line of storms is currently crossing from Indiana into Kentucky.  It
appears to be losing its punch, and no severe reports have been
received by the NWS so far.  Nevertheless, it will be capable of 40
to 50 mph winds as it moves into northern Kentucky.  AMDAR soundings
out of SDF have been showing some capping, so that may be helping to
prevent the impressive winds radar is seeing aloft from crashing to
the ground.  DCAPE is not particularly impressive either.

New storms have been firing from eastern Missouri to southwest
Indiana.  Analysis shows that by far the best instability, not
surprisingly, is roughly from St Louis to Evansville where the
atmosphere has yet to be worked over.  The atmosphere over southern
Illinois is indeed extremely unstable and should be able to support
storm development.  Folks west and southwest of Louisville will need
to keep an eye on this activity, while the Blue Grass prepares for
northwest winds of 40 to 50 mph with the approaching line coming out
of Louisville.

WARNING update

5:12 update......Severe Thunderstorm WARNING for Louisville....no damage reported.
3,000 customers without power in Louisville.
45-50 mph winds reported in the city.

Tornado WARNING just southeast of Terre Haute...radar indicated.

We are watching this second line of storms as it may produce some scattered severe weather later this evening.

The photo below from Lawrence Co., IN..... Bedford area.  Almost 2,000 customers are without power.  Photo courtesy of WeatherPulse on facebook

WARNING for Louisville for 70 mph winds

The NWS has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Louisville for 70 mph wind gusts.  The highest winds appear to be heading toward the Shively-PRP area.  The top wind I have seen in New Albany has been about 55 mph.

The storm is moving to the ESE.

70 mph winds

A thunderstorm warning for the Paoli area for 70 mph winds or higher at 3:30.

Warning for Seymour

Thunderstorm warning until 3:45 for 60 mph winds for Seymour, Brownstown and Nashville in Indiana.

It looks like these storms will reach the NW suburbs of Louisville a little after 4:00.

On radar it looks like these storms have weakened a bit.  Numbers on the radar are not increasing.

Warnings for Bedford, IN and Paoli

Warnings for 60 mph winds for Bedford to Paoli. The line is bowing a bit and is heading ESE.
I have not heard any damage reports as of 2:50.
These storms dropped 1.5 to 2 inches of rain in eastern Illinois and with the storms increasing, 3 inches of rain has been reported in Daviess County in western Indiana.
Keep an eye on that bowing segment.

WATCH includes hail potential larger than golf ball size

Severe Thunderstorm WATCH until 11:00

The Severe Thunderstorm WATCH covers the entire area. It is until 11:00 but the main time for Louisville will be late afternoon.

The SPC says winds of 70 mph and hail larger than golf ball size will be possible with the strongest storms.

Storms are still below severe limits as of 1:35 but are moving into more unstable air.

Warnings to start soon

At 12:50... the Evansville NWS radar shows the storms in eastern Illinois at 65dbz.... anything above 60 is very heavy rain.

VIL is at 54....  the higher the number, the larger the hail will be due to the vertical lift.

MAX hail size currently listed at 1.25"   Look for some of these storms to go golf ball size (1.75) this afternoon.

This storm may have a warning any minute.

Storm cluster to become severe as it moves to the ESE

Special Statement from the NWS Louisville

...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING FROM ILLINOIS TO INDIANA WILL
SPARK THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND TORRENTIAL
RAINS WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN. LOCAL FLASH FLOODING MAY DEVELOP
UNDER THE STRONGER STORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE ADDITIONAL POSSIBILITIES.

THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 4PM AND 10PM.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO AS
UPDATES OCCUR

Some adjustments to the severe weather outlook

SPC tornado risk

The new 12:30 update from the SPC  now has the main tornado threat across central and eastern Kentucky later this afternoon and evening.

As of 12:35...no warnings were in effect

SPC damaging wind risk

The storms shown in the previous post over Illinois will strengthen this afternoon with the highest probability for wind damage over southern Indiana and Kentucky.

SPC says.....  THE MOST NOTABLE ONGOING CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE THE CLUSTER NOW DEVELOPING SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TOWARD THE EVANSVILLE/LOUISVILLE AREA. THIS ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE SUPPORTED BY AN AREA OF SUSTAINED MID-LEVEL FORCING FOR UPWARD MOTION...WITH LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER/MID TROPOSPHERIC WARM ADVECTION CONTRIBUTING TO SOUTHWARD DEVELOPMENT.  

SPC is considering a watch

The SPC says there is a 40% chance for a watch this afternoon.

I still think that if the sun comes out for a while and I think it will...... the severe chances will go up.

Non-severe storms are in progress over Illinois moving ESE.

This is the area of storms to watch for this afternoon.

Upper level slight risk for severe storms this afternoon

SPC tornado risk today

The mid-morning numbers are in and there is a 5% risk for a tornado across the region.
The 5% risk area includes.....
Louisville
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Evansville
Lexington
Bowling Green
Paducah
Bloomington

SPC wind damage risk

A 30%, or upper level slight risk, also covers the region.
A broad brush of slight risk is misleading when not including the 30% because this is the area where the severe weather is expected to be concentrated.

SPC says....PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT ONE OR MORE SWATHS OF WIND DAMAGE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORM CLUSTERS...ALTHOUGH SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THEIR EVOLUTION ARE NOT CLEAR AT THIS TIME. THE AREAS THAT SEEM MOST PRONE TO THIS THREAT ARE FROM EASTERN IL ACROSS MUCH OF IND/OH/KY.
NWS Louisville:  GIVEN AMPLE MOISTURE AND EXPECTED HEATING...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS LATER TODAY. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT EITHER AS THESE STORMS START TO FIRE UP.

NWS Indy:  DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE ADEQUATE FOR INITIALLY A FEW SUPERCELLS WHERE GREATEST DESTABILIZATION IS EXPECTED /LOWER OH VALLEY/...BEFORE QUICKLY GROWING UPSCALE INTO AN MCS. *ALL SEVERE WEATHER TYPES* WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELLS THAT DEVELOP.

John says: Any amount of sunshine will add to the instability. Current indications are that a tornado watch will be issued for a portion of the region later today. More details as the day goes on.

When a new post is issued, I send out a tweet. Just go to twitter.com/johnbelski to sign up.

The next update from the SPC will be about 12:30.

Severe storms over eastern Illinois at early evening

Severe storms at 7:45 PM are in progress over eastern Illinois with winds of 60-65 mph.

The storms are moving ESE.

These storms will hit Terre Haute this evening over the southern edge of a severe thunderstorm watch.

The counties around Terre Haute were added after the initial watch to cover these storms which have developed further south than the SPC expected.

There is still a chance these storms or an outflow boundary from them could set something off locally later tonight.

SPC wind damage risk tonight

The SPC has a 15% risk for damaging winds as far south as Scottsburg and Madison.

The Louisville area is in a 5% risk for damaging winds tonight.

130 degrees this weekend?

Some incredibly hot weather is in the forecast for the southwest U.S. deserts later this week.
The forecast on the left is for Death Valley, CA with temperatures approaching 130 degrees this weekend.
The all-time U.S. high was set at Death Valley in 1913 with 134 degrees. Can a new record be set on the 100 year anniversary? The exact date of the record was July 10, 1913.

A couple years ago the world record of 136 degrees in Libya was discarded for various reasons so 134 is the world record.
We will see how close it gets to that this weekend.
The highest temperature so far this year at Death Valley has been 126 degrees.

500mb this weekend

Note the heat ridge out west for this weekend. A pretty good trough over the Ohio Valley will bring us some relief from the heat for a few days.

Today was the 5th day this year in the 90's.
Last year through June 25, Louisville had 13 days in the 90's.

SPC severe risk for Wednesday

Severe update.... the new severe risk outlook for Wednesday has an upper level slight risk (30%) over all of Kentucky and the southern half of Indiana.
The hatched area for extreme winds has been dropped from the earlier outlook. However, the potential does exist for some storms to produce winds in excess of 70 mph.
The time for Louisville is late afternoon although it may hold off until early evening.

Spider scares TV meteorologist

                                  Here is today's you.tube big video with over 3 million hits...

                              A spider on the weather cam scares the weathercaster....click to play

Potential for 80 mph winds in southern Indiana on Wednesday

The Storm Prediction Center has put just about all of Indiana and far northern Kentucky, including Louisville, in an upper level slight risk or a 30% risk for severe storms for Wednesday.

For our area, this would be during the early evening.

The hatched area indicates the highest potential for 80 mph winds and very large hail. For now this area is just NW of Louisville.

current 500mb

500mb late Wed.

The upper level flow is west to east today but turns a bit NW to SE tomorrow so storms that fire over Illinois will move toward southern Indiana and northern KY.


The next day 2 outlook will be issued early this afternoon.

Brightest Full Moon of the year tonight

Some are calling it the supermoon.....I would not go quite that far, but tonight's full moon will be the largest moon and brightest moon of the year.

The moon is at it's closest approach to the earth this month so the moon will be 14% larger than when the moon is furthest away.

It will be about 30% brighter than the furthest full moon.

On average, the moon is about 238,000 miles from earth. Tonight it will be 221,000 miles.

Here are the names of the full moon for June......
Full STRAWBERRY moon... the strawberry harvest occurs in June.

ROSE moon...the roses are in full bloom by June.

HOT moon... the first hot weather of the year usually happens in June.

DYAD moon... dyad means pair and the sun is in the constellation of Gemini this time of year. The twin stars of Gemini are Castor and Pollux.

HONEY moon...the hives are full of honey this time of year.
PLANTING moon...more common earlier in the season, but this is sometimes used for June.

GREEN CORN moon.... named for the time the corn begins to tassel.

Major flooding in progress in Calgary, Alberta

Calgary Saddledome

Major flooding has hit the city of Calgary, Alberta in Canada.

In the metro area of 1.2 million, about 75,000 have been forced to evacuate.

Much of downtown has been evacuated.

Several days of heavy rain have brought the rivers well over flood stage.

The Calgary Saddledome.... where the NHL Calgary Flame play and parts of the world famous Calgary Stampede Rodeo also take place, severe flooding is in progress.

At mid-afternoon, water was up to the 14th row of the arena.  All ground level offices and dressing rooms are completely submerged.
The room with the Jumbotron electronics is destroyed.

These concerts scheduled in the Saddledome in 3 weeks....
Carly Rae Jepsen
Tim McGraw
Dixie Chicks
Kiss

The Calgary Stampede Rodeo starts in 2 weeks.

The water is threatening the lower level of luxury boxes in the Saddledome.

all time record highs in portions of Alaska

Several cities in south central Alaska have set all time record highs.

Those readings were from Monday.

Today, Talkeetna is already up to 88 degrees at early afternoon. The record may be in jeopardy again today.




In the polar regions from 80 degrees N to the North Pole, this is the coldest start to the summer season (since June 1) since records began in the 1950's.



Here is a posting from the NWS Anchorage on Facebook.....

Tornado at Denver International Airport

Here are some photos of the tornado on the grounds of the Denver International Airport...just outside of a parking lot.  WARNING in effect.
UPDATE: warning expired... passengers in the terminals were evacuated to designated shelters areas.  No damage was reported.

WATCH for southern Indiana

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10:00

A watch is out and as of 3:30 there are several warnings in Illinois. Hail of half dollar size (1.25") has been reported.

The storms will increase and move across southern Indiana.

Expect some additional warnings into early evening.

The SPC says winds up to 70 mph and hail up to ping pong ball size is possible.

WATCH possible for some areas

WATCH possible

The SPC may issue a thunderstorm watch from western Illinois SE down to near Louisville.

Storms are starting to fire at mid-afternoon and there should be an increase in coverage into early evening.

SPC damaging wind risk

The 15% area is the slight risk for damaging winds and large hail.

This includes
Louisville
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Evansville
Terre Haute

The largest hail locally yesterday was quarter size.

There has been some wind damage in the Louisville area the last 2 days.

Damage from Sunday's storm

This damage was from Georgetown, IN in Floyd Co. from Sunday afternoon's storm.

About 15 trees were blown down.  No confirmation yet on straight line winds or a small tornado.

Earliest sunrise of the year....now playing in the eastern sky

Sunrise this week has been at 6:19 which is the earliest of the year.  This will continue through Monday and then the sun will start rising later.

Sunset tonight is at 9:07.
The latest sunset of the year goes from June 21 through July 4.

By the way, the latest sunrise of the year will be November 10, right before daylight savings time ends.

Tuesday's storm reports

The severe weather ended up staying well to the north overnight. There have been a couple of warnings locally this morning as a line of storms developed along the cold front which will bring 50's tonight for a low!!!

Tuesday's severe weather reports

Fortunately in the high and moderate risk areas, the storms were not nearly as widespread as predicted. Most of the tornadoes were in Iowa. There were 3 reports of 80 mph winds and 4 reports of 2" or larger hail but overall, the numbers were not as bad as it could have been.

There were no injuries from the tornadoes.
The largest hail was baseball size in southern Minnesota.

Yesterday was our first 90 degree day of the year and it looks like the next hot spell will not be until late next week. We may get a day or two in the 90's before it cools off again.
Current indications are for only about 1-4 more days in the 90's the rest of the month.

Cities that reached 100 yesterday include.....
Wichita 100
El Paso 106
The hottest in the U.S. was 116 at Death Valley, CA.  Quite a bit more tolerable than the 126 degree high they had last Saturday.

Below are yesterday's high temps.

Tuesday's high temperatures