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Wow, its hot today!!! When does it look like it may cool off a "bit"?

Please, in addition to asking people to check on the elderly or family/friends with no AC, also remind people NOT to leave their pets outside in this heat. Can you imagine being kept outside all day in a fur coat in this weather?

Let's all be responsible pet owners, in addition to good neighbors.

Wow! That storm north of Omaha is about 220 miles away, yet I can see it on the horizon from here in Lenexa. I'm not a sailor so I can't do the math to figure the height of the storm. Jeremy, a little radar help??

This afternoon at lunch time, I put a 1 1/2 inch thick t-bone into a skillet and set it on the sidewalk out in the sun.  After about 30 minutes, I pulled it out with a fork - medium well done with a slight pink in the center!  Had eggs over medium and fried bacon this morning.

All kidding aside, I hope everyone stays safe, and that we check upon each other and those we do not know to make sure they have enough water and air moving.

Jeremy, this 30% chance of rain on Thursday -- do you have any feel for the timing or nature of the storm? Thanks,

Tina

Is this heat wave here to stay or can you see signs it will break? I am afraid we are going to go from one extreme to the other.

Craig, That storm is topping out at around 57,000 feet right now on GRlevel3. Pretty intense storm. Big hail core.

Some isolated storms are popping up southeast of here and also west of us. In a way, a heavy downpour would be great, for about 5 minutes and then it would be a sauna.

Well I can see the storm tops from Omaha here in McLout as well.  Not 200 miles but, you can see them, hopeful relief that will never get here.  But, we are on a break and it is 102 in my backyard with a heat index of 113.  Definitely a hot time today.  Definitely a black flag day.

Remember, shadow shorter than you are tall = get out of the sun.

I am so ready for winter! When will we get some rain and some relief?

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Small chance of a shower tomorrow afternoon.  If you want rain, Wednesday Night or early Thursday is the best chance.

Jeremy

JEREMY>>>> I know you like hot weather and it is rather suspicious that GARY goes out of town and leaves you in control of the weather but enough is enough!! If it is goin g to be like this I want an Ocean nearby!!.
ED

Jeremy - do you think it will be a widespread rain tomorrow night/THursday, or isolated pop-ups like the one we had yesterday morning?

How does this High pressure area and extreme heat fit in with the LRC for this year?  Does it fit the 60/120/180/240 day time frames?

I was wondering why nobody commented on the last blog for about an hour now...

That would be great to see if we could get a heavy downpour that would take us down to about 85 degrees. yeah, with 100% humidity LOL.

Now, time to pace around the house, which thankfully is not as hot as outside. It's only 85 in here... with the A/C on!

I see that the dew points are dropping a bit (now 64 in Topeka), even with a south wind (and dew points to the south, like Emporia, are still at 70).  Is this just the ground and vegetation drying out, leading to less moisture in the air?  

Dewpoint here at my house is 73.2 in McLouth.  Where are you getting your dewpoint data at?

Taxman -
somebody else could probably explain this better than me, but about 60 days ago, the jet stream pattern was pretty much the same way.

I made you a special graphic
http://tiny.cc/LRC_Comparison1

As you can see, there are dips of lower heights on the NE & NW coasts, and the heights are higher in the center of the U.S.

This holds true still 60 days later, it is just that the high pressure south of the jet stream is much stronger and the low pressure systems are weaker, which is simply because of the strength of the jet stream. Hopefully that is helpful.

Ask if you have any other questions. Surely someone here can help you more than I!

@davidmcg:  Looks like it may have been a glitch on the Topeka NWS page-the 3:53 readings were 99 degrees, 64 dew point, but the latest update at 4:53 has the dew point at 69.  Never thought I'd be pining for 'only' 64...

Sorry about the SMALL graphic... oops.

Taxman,
Use this: http://tiny.cc/LRC_Comparison_Big  =)

FYI- Downtown KC is 100 degrees right now!

Thunder in Gladstone...some dark clouds building...hope we get rain!

LOUD thunder in Liberty...come on rain...come on cooler temps

Thunder and rain in Liberty, Mo

OH...and now pea sized hail!

Interesting little storm [ =) or =( ? ]
Downburst winds of 60+ mph.

Surprised someone got pea sized hail out of it. Main risk looks to be wind.

I wonder if the Iowa storms will clip North Missouri.

My NOAA radio went off for Severe Storms in Clay County. I have it set for single, and JOCO Kansas code. I really don't want any, or multiple warnings, just JOCO. Any ideas?

My husband is in Liberty at work. How bad is the storm up there.

OK...that was bizarre!!
We had winds that blew off a portion of the roof of an apartment complex in our neighborhood.  We have power lines down with the poles snapped in half.  We have trees and/or large limbs down all around.  Our street is blocked by some of them.
A few blocks over a very large, old tree was completely blown over at the base and is on part of a house.

That was such a sudden strange storm!

Don't know when we'll get power back and with it being so hot the timing COULD have been better!!!!

We live in Wilshire by South Valley Middle School in Liberty.

That sucks Sammie! How hot is it up there now?

These storms can be quite bizarre; storms like that seem to go down faster than they go up!

It's simple actually how they happen. They build up simply due to the heat, and since they don't move much, and the rain they produce cool things off significantly compared to what it was before, they lose their up-drafts almost immediately, and all of the rain it was holding up comes crashing down. That makes some pretty strong winds!

It is interesting how they do those watches, like the one in northern Missouri, If you look at the "watch box" itself, Atchison county, and Holt county are not even touching the box but they are in the highlighted counties, yet a large portion of Buchanan county is IN the box, but not actually under the watch.  Not complaining or anything like that, but it is interesting to see how they do the watch on the fringes of the "box".  You can see the clouds of the storms in IA from here on the horizon, will at least see some lightning to my north and east tonight I think!

We were in the Liberty Olive Garden eating our salad and breadsticks when the power went out briefly, then came back on.  After another several minutes it went out again.  The wind was blowing extremely hard and rain was pelting the south facing windows.  Some thunder was heard, but it didn't seem to be very loud from our vantadge point.  We continued eating when it was announced that we were to quickly move into the kitchen area (center of building) due to severe weather.  The staff handled everything very professionally and did a great job at keeping everyone calm.  We stayed in the kitchen until the storm passed.  
Getting back to our neighborhood took a bit of effort since there was no power on Hwy 152 into town.  There is large limb damage near the new CVS area and the Liberty High school campus.  We took Liberty Drive home, and just a block or two south of Liberty Christian Fellowship a large tree was uprooted and is laying against a house with various limbs of other trees strewn about.  I also live in the Wilshire area and am hearing the constant sound of helicopters flying overhead.  The apartment complex has some roof damage and large limbs and a couple of trees down.  Seems to be typical damage due to a downburst.  FORTUNATELY we have POWER!!!  Our neighborhood, with its established large trees, seems to take the hit easily with any moderate winds.  We were lucky this time.  

What exactly did happen here in Liberty?  Did the storm just develop right overhead?  It was almost perfectly clear, until...

We were driving to my daughter's dance class on 291 and it was lightly sprinkling.  Shortly after we got there, there was a bright flash and a loud boom. It started raining lightly, then heavier.  In the midst of it there was loud thunder, bright lightning, hail, heavy heavy rain, and lots of wind.  The electricity went out and was still out when we left.  Traffic lights were out all up 291, until we got the traffic light at Stark.  Then we get to our neighborhood, North Hampton, and not a single drop had fallen.  

Keep the heat comin', keep the rain away, still soggy here in Paola we don't need any rain that's for sure.  Headed back outside...I just love, love, love this =))))
--deb

I pray father, all might ruler of heaven, Earth, and the Universe, please don't let this become in essance, reality;

. . . . .IT IS POSSIBLE THAT VERY WARM AND
HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AND EVEN SATURDAY. THIS MAY NECESSITATE A CONTINUATION OF THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING INTO THE WEEKEND.

    Today we reached a high of 102 degrees in the sun and 100 in shade (wich I learned is where actual air temperature is taken) in South Johnson County. There were many power surges at my house and on facebook many of my friends said the power was going out. We must through ice-cubes outside every day to stop the heat wave. BTW, Johnson County is not "Snotty," Tina, if we knew mroe about the rest of the world I do think we could improove a little though. Why would you think that, you LIVE here don't you?

Big fat raindrops falling here in Lenexa at 7:55pm.  I doubt the ground will be wet, but it still surprised me!
Jon

raining in Leawood - our dog started barking and next thing we know - rain showers! 8pm

Lol.

I feel bad that 2 people died today because of this heat. I was being dumb and was outside running in sweats and a hoodie for about 2 hours. It was fun while it lasted.

But anyway. I dont encourage anyone to do that. It is hot outside.

juba, that is the best news I have heard all day. If the NWS is predicting the excessive heat warning into the weekend, it will probably snow on Saturday!

It's pouring like crazy here at 68th Terr. and Oak!  Big rain drops!  Whoo hoo!

Juba.

You keep praying now.

I like it hot but not this hot!

Seriously, our backyard is still flooded from from all the rain earlier this month, maybe thats why I have millions of misquito bites scince the heat wave started.

Significant weather alert for KC and North JoCo, I can see the storm from my window, beautful, its also isn't groping anymore, here comes the damage, keep my power plz!

Yeah, what is this rain? Thunder and a brief heavy shower here in Prairie Village. It looks like it's just stuck right over us.

It looks like it's just stuck right over us.
June 23, 2009 8:24 PM

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There is a space ship in the storm, guiding it carefully so those that begged for relief can enjoy the sudden drop of temps. . . . LOL

Strange stuff

Here we go. 70mph downburst winds in the Merriam area.

Im going to send pictures to Jeremy of the thunderstorm heads, they're actually beautiful and we got a tiny ourflow from them wich made it a pleasant evening.

High winds and sudden downpour now in mission. Power keeps coming on and off.

Boy I'm telling you I don't know what to think anymore.

I have pictures an I'm gonna post them on facebook now, should have the link later on, trust me they are a mural made in heavan.

HOLY CRAP!!! I swear I just saw a tornado spin up outside my window!

Wow!  It's amazing how much the temperature dropped ( From 90 to 78! ) and the humidity as well after that rain went through!!  It actually feels good outside!!  Dea at 68th Terr. and Oak

We left lowes at sm pkwy and 435 at 820 it was 94. We are now at sm pkwy and nieman it is 83. Accordinf
to the car gauge.

I beliveive you Kumuke, the thunderstorm did have a supercell like structure from my vantage point.

My porch thermometer says it's 88. The digital out back says 79. Accu weather says it's 92.  Another web site says it's 94.

Needless to say I'm confused

Downtown Liberty has power again but I don't know about south Liberty. It was up to 83 F in my house after only two hours! I saw the damage mentioned on Liberty Dr. near Doniphan Elementary in South Liberty. What a mess.

Thankful to have the a/c again was getting ready to make my exit from Liberty and stay with relatives in South KC. I hope no one was hurt by that drive-by- thunderstorm.

Interesting weather day...I am working on a little project to show what happened...long story short, a very small..and subtle gravity wave stalled over KC around 3-4PM...these cells are firing on it...

I am going to try to produce a bit of a hi-res loop specific to the metro to show it...we will see if I can get this to work right as getting the exact resolution, format, and timeframe from NOAA can be a bit challenging.

Here is a very cool look from radar of the Liberty cell outflow of the collapsing cell...

http://twitpic.com/88i11

well we just got a outflow in st joseph nice breeze blowing .

I can actually see the clouds billowing up to my SW, is there a storm headed here, 119th and Blackbob in Olathe.  They are beautiful but I do not have a clear shot to get any pics.

Scott - that was very cool but the damage isn't

Lots of outflow boundries on the Noaa Radar.

cthorpe use the link below not the NWS link.  They are just at the airport and not in your neighborhood like the link below.  Just go below the map and click the weather station link.  Then you can select it to display either temp/humidity or dewpoint/wind.  There are a lot of private weather stations in Topeka that will give you a better idea of the weather in your neighborhood.

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=39.19575119&lon=-95.20703125&zoom=10

Incoming outflow from MCS...  ;-)

Taxman - agreed.  Often the most interesting weather views cause problems to those of us on the ground.

that was crazy!!  I got 3/4 inch of rain in about 30 minutes...couldn't update earlier because we had no power.  I lost a huge tree in my front yard that somehow landed on my car but when we pulled it off it left no dents/scratches or broken windows.  As we were driving to find a restaurant with power we passed a house by Doniphan Elementary that has a tree that smashed through someones roof.  I hope they are ok.  Where did that storm come from?  It seemed like as soon as the warning came on tv my power went out & trees started falling in Liberty.  So glad we are safe & my car miraculously escaped damage.

wow with the outflow we are at 87 feels great for now

Its really strange to see a square severe t-storm warning, just so out of place.

kcwxguy~ do you think that outflow will cause problems for the metro and surrounding areas tonight. It also looks like the storms north of us are coming this way, i thought they were suppossed to go east of here. :-( My husband is working straight all this week and not able to come home which means I am by myself, not good when ur afraid of midwest storms

Huge thunderhead has been developing to my South at K-7 and Prairie Star Pkway in Lenexa.  Just as one did to my East previously.

Looks like these three cells have formed on the same SW to NE line and now the storms to the NE are starting to fill in to the WSW.

I want a tornado!!!! I can only hope. Probably wont happen though

how do you post a photo?

Still dry in Paola, rain is going north.....keep going north, keep going north...we don't need any rain, we don't need cooler temperatures, things have been just right for days now =))))).  I've been working outside most of the evening, I can see thunderheads and hear thunder in the distance but thankfully it all appears to be just that...in the distance!!
---deb in still very soggy Paola.

WOW - did you see those storms to the east of KC just explode over the last 10 minutes? Is that ging to fill in back to the SW?

wow st joseph at 81 winds ne at 24.

It wasnt THAT bad today. Uncomfortable? Of course I would rather have snow! I went on a run around 5pm on Tomohawk Creek trails that provide a mix of shady and sunny paths.  It was a great sweat.  It feels so good after a run.


Here is my heat tip on those trails.....run in the shady areas, then walk the sunny patches. It actually works out ironically to be a good combination even if heat were not an issue.

Im starting to wonder if the North JoCo storm had an outflow stong enough to get a breeze through the south JoCo storm it would sustain and not colapse giving it time to strengthen before falling, wich would be much worse, I hope o not using my alethio part of my brain, wich does come out sometimes. I looked up the weather for kirksvill all night long worrying before their tornado came through.

Those storms are backbuilding Jermey! Are we getting hit tonight?