Heavy Rain and Cool in the S. Plains
September 14th, 2012 at 9:35 pm by Bill Steffen under Bill's Blog, Weather
Click on the images to enlarge. The first is the drought monitor issued Sept. 11. The second is rainfall in the U.S. over the past 7 days. 24-hour rainfall: 7.15″ Leander TX, 5.54″ Johnson City TX, 2.83″ San Antonio, 2.53″ Beaumont, 2.20″ Little Rock AR, 1.49″ Austin, 1.11″ Oklahoma City. Along with the rain, some very cool air has pushed south. Here’s some afternoon temperatures: 72, Austin, 70 Dallas, 66 El Paso and San Antonio, 65 Mineral Wells, 64 Abilene and Lubbock, 61 Springfield and Joplin MO, 59 Hebron OK. Other cool spots this afternoon: 60 Houghton MI, 52 Geraldton, Ontario (north of Lake Superior). Low temperatures: 28 International Falls MN, 31 Grand Forks ND. There are Frost Advisories out for N. Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
What’s with the weather map? It appears there are a half dozen hurricanes over MI, WI, and IN. Screen shot here. http://tracmvl.webs.com/weathermap.jpg
Hundred mile diameter rains with clear “eyes”. I saw this condition before on Sept 6.
You’ll see these green blobs on the radar in the evening/night. This occurs when an inversion develops and the radar signal is bent back. This is most apt to happen on clear nights with light winds, especially in late spring, summer and early fall. Scroll down about half way here: http://www.grlevelx.com/manuals/grearth/radar.htm
Well lets hope lots of snow puts a big dent in all that red this winter.
I think you meant to say let hope we get no snow…
Listening To : Stevie Ray Vaughn… Texas Flood..!!
I don’t like snow and heavy rains. I want warm weather, I hope we get it soon.