Blog: Lawrence Weather Watch
The Roller Coaster Continues
Friday, January 2This winter has had a wide variety of weather to deal with already. From impressive snowfall to damaging thunderstorms right back to ice. It looks like another temperature swing is coming our way this weekend.
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Precipitation Totals for Lawrence Municipal Airport (January 4)
January to date: 0.00"
Normal January to date: 0.20"
2009 to date: 0.00"
Normal year to date: 0.20"
Pollen report (November 10)
Ragweed: 15
Amaranth weeds: 30
Alternaria (mold): 30
(other) Mold spores: Light
Source: Topeka Allergy & Asthma Clinic
Weather links
- Kansas radar: Composite of radar for Kansas from the National Weather Service in Topeka.
- 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
Monday Night: Clear skies will spell cool temperatures for the evening. Our low will drop to 20° with more clouds expected to build in by the morning. Our afternoon temperatures will warm to 43 degrees with passing clouds and a northwest wind between 5-10 mph. Our low temperature will drop to 21° with a west breeze between 5-10 mph.
6 Weather Afternoon Forecast for Jan. 5, 2009
Clouds will be clearing out this evening, for a clear but cold trip if you're commuting home.
Weather news
- Twisters stayed typical in ’08
- January 1, 2009
- The thought of having nearly 200 tornadoes break out in one state over the course of a year might seem pretty extreme to some. But to Kansas state climatologist Mary Knapp, the 199 twisters that dropped from Kansas skies in 2008 were simply “a little higher than normal, but not terribly high.”
- Winter winds, floods buffet states
- December 29, 2008
- Wind gusting more than 60 mph knocked out power to about 413,000 Michigan homes and businesses on Sunday as temperatures dipped back into the 20s and 30s.
- No warning for snowy sidewalk violators
- December 28, 2008
- The days of getting a warning to shovel your sidewalk are gone.
- Weather wreaks havoc on I-70
- December 27, 2008
- Snow and icy roads resulted in more than 30 accidents Saturday night on the stretch of Interstate 70 between Topeka and Kansas City.
- Severe weather passes
- 04:12 a.m., December 27, 2008 Updated 07:11 a.m.
- Thunderstorms brought hail overnight, but no major damage was reported early Saturday.
- Weird weather rare, but not impossible
- December 27, 2008
- It’s almost January, and you know what that means. Sixty-seven degrees, and a chance of tornadoes.
- Record high warms up winter
- Cooler temperatures in next week’s forecast
- December 27, 2008
- The calendar shows it’s late December, but on Friday it felt more like early April as Lawrence set a new record high temperature for Dec. 26.
- Ice glazes Midwest; snow blankets West
- December 27, 2008
- Yet another snowstorm closed highways in parts of the West on Friday, the latest in a tiring week of bad weather, and a dangerous sheet of ice in parts of the Midwest contributed to a looming flood problem.
- Douglas County under tornado, severe t-storm watches until 5 a.m.
- 10:05 p.m., December 26, 2008 Updated 03:55 a.m.
- The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of eastern Kansas, including Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson and Leavenworth counties.
- Winter roads test young drivers
- December 26, 2008
- It’s cold. It’s slick. And — perhaps of most concern for parents — it’s winter break.
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