A calm start to the week...June 29, 2009

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bingowingo — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:24:09 GMT

Yes, I would love to see the old promos with Windy. Thank goodness the heat and humidity broke. I would be happy if they never came back! Looking forward to seeing the changes you will be making in the near future. Have a great day!

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spooky — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:48:46 GMT

Absolutely, show the videos.

Thanks for the nice weather (you get blamed when it's rotten weather, so take credit for the good).

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Craig — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:52:59 GMT

You sound like me, G-Man.
Go to a work meeting, learn a couple of things, but mainly just stare out the window.

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It was definitely a nice view from the room!

Gary

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N2mountains — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:53:04 GMT

Welcome back,
This is great! If it stayed like this for summers in Missouri maybe it would be a bit more tolerable. The HUMIDITY has got to go! The back door fronts are always welcomed. The extreme heat of last week even kept the neighbors out of there pools, something about a hot bath water feel. One month down, two to go before we can set our sights on less oppressive heat. Please play the promo's, should be fun seeing them.
Have a great day!

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kcwxguy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:53:54 GMT

Agenda in Portland -

Wake at 6AM.
Stare at Mt. Hood until 6:30AM
Breakfast at 6:45AM
Conference 8-5
Head to Hotel Room - 5:30
Dinner - 6-7PM
Stare at Mt. St. Helens - 7-10 PM

Repeat.

LOL.

Speaking of favorable MCS setups for this weekend, I think we see our last time of the little NW wave unique in this pattern. It is the same one enhanced by the LLTI in early March that dumped snow over the metro . This time, it is a bit weaker, but still seen in the models. It comes as the "southern" bit of energy from the trough passing over Canada to reload the NW flow.

Timing is everything..we will see what happens in regards to the 4th.

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davidmcg — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:07:08 GMT

Yup, lets have the commercials. I miss Wendy too.

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While Windy was alive she always had to deal with people calling her Wendy. She would just give them a look. Just kidding. So many people didn't realize her name was Windy and not Wendy.

Gary

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spotter — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:08:14 GMT

welcome back gary sounds like a great trip.hey gary show us the promos love to see them also waiting to see everything you learned on the trip.have a great day!!

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juba — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:11:35 GMT

I've never watched s sunries before, It was wonderful this morning! It wasn't officila scince it cam from behind trees but seeeing let me to see how fast the Earth does rotate! Please Play The Promos, it'd be Perfect!

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I will try to get the promos ready for Tuesday or Wednesday.

Gary

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RDub — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:32:26 GMT

I took a flight from Seattle to Oakland and it was a great view. You could see all the famous mountains/volcanoes along the way from the left of the plane. Plus Crater Lake. Mt. St. Helens was still smoking from a recent eruption at the time.

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Tim in West Shawnee — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:43:45 GMT

Gary,

Would love to see the old promos! Break them outta the vault!

Tim

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NE LS — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:05:21 GMT

The weather can just stay like this for the rest of the summer...with the addition of gentle rain every other night.

And I look forward to seeing the old promos.

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wicked wx — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:19:07 GMT

And Gary's back at the maps Monday on NBC 41! I think that's how they said it back then. This is their logo I found.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/KSHB_99-03_logo.jpg
I actually remember that.

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Nick Rau — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:32:59 GMT

Yes the old promos would be neat to see again, wow it is amazing that it was ten years ago, time flies!
That is one thing that would be neat is to be able to see "white" in the middle of the summer and know that it is snow on the ground, even if it is way up on a mountain! Well it is a warm sunny day here, so I will be patiently waiting for the next thunder activity;)

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Andrew_Stafford — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:18:05 GMT

Got back from church camp on Saturday night 10pm. Sounds like I missed a lot of stuff. I still can't believe the stupid climate bill passed, when is Obama supposed to sign it? I am praying that we something happens and the bill is not passed. Anyway I will NOT Stop USING Fossil Fuels as I have said many times.

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ChicagoExPat — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:52:11 GMT

Andrew, relax. Have a nice glass of iced tea. No one's taking your gasoline away.

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sportsfreaked — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:02:25 GMT

GARY>>> It is hard to believe it has been 10 years!! I remember when you left the morning slot at another station and we were wondering where did he go? Then we saw Windy on the commercials and it all came together. Just think of everyhting that has happened in the last decade ( Man that sounds like a long time ) You have beaten cancer, turned 41 into the weather leader, lost your dear friend Windy, and got all of us interested in weather!! Imagine 10 years ago if you said blog you would think you were talking about the movie the Blob.. Here's looking at another decade I mean 10 years it sounds better!!

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snowcoffee — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:44:41 GMT

Just an odd question-why is that in the summer we don't see as large of warm ups as what we often see in the winter. For example a morning low of 25 with an afternoon high of 55 whereas last week we would see lows of around 75 to 80 with highs of only 93 to 96 (only a 15 to 20 degree warm up). Doesn't make sense to me since there is more daylight in the summer than winter. Can anyone explain this? Hopefully this question makes since!

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BranDan9 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:55:39 GMT

the Blob????

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whirlygirl — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:02:33 GMT

Andrew, would it be ok if you would take the team's advice/requests and not post things like that?

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whirlygirl — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:04:17 GMT

BranDan it's an old sci-fi movie from the 50's.

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HailJonathan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:07:38 GMT

Welcome back Gary. I don't know what the knuckleheads did this time but I'm glad your back and it would be nice to see you with Windy again. She will forever be a Legacy.

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wicked wx — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:10:11 GMT

snowcoffee-
It all has to do with humidity. More humidity makes the air warm and cool slower.

If we had a day with a really dry atmosphere during the summer, which is slightly rare, we would see a huge warm up. For example, some times we will go from about 60 to 90 degrees or even a bigger range with dry air.

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wicked wx — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:13:50 GMT

whirly
Fossil fuels are considered by some to be related to climate change, which is related to our weather.

My only problem with fossil fuels is that they are not perfectly clean. The CO2 is natural, but the particles of junk are not. Clean fuels are almost impossible, sadly, but we can get it pretty darn close!

I've always personally like wind energy...

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whirlygirl — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:18:53 GMT

Hail you're not here hardly ever. You should come on more.

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whirlygirl — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:28:32 GMT

Wicked I know that. Andrew does not believe in global warming. Gary has asked him not to post things related to that opinion that's all. I like wind turbines too. I've seen them in different states and think they're very cool.

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MrSteve — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:39:08 GMT

Don't worry Andrew. The future is bright.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6pUMlPBMQA

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juba — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:19:47 GMT

Its a slow weather day, a little of this randomness is okay! :-) Im releaved the bill passed, now people won't hate America as much anymore. If we had a day going 15-25 degrees above average in June that would be temperatures of 105-115 degrees! That wivdeo MrSteve, is funny! Some of it is lunacy, some could happen and some stuff has! Amazing progrees, but I wish it weren't there.

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Andrew_Stafford — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:44:49 GMT

Actually the bill still has to pass the Senate!!!

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JacobHoneycutt — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:02:34 GMT

It will be interesting to see how this next storm system sets up for the holiday weekend. Hopefully it will not rain on Saturday night. We will just have to wait and see.

Jacob

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juba — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:25:47 GMT

Andrew, they better pass it! :)

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davidmcg — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:35:15 GMT

A couple of things. First for the weather lore fans, tonight I heard cicadas, that is supposed to mean summer is half over. Well the last time I saw that accurate was last year. No way it is accurate this year, summer is barely a week old.

Second, for anybody wanting wind energy/turbine info. Contact me offline. I know some ways to make it very feasible.

Third, yup, its almost Fourth of July and like always, the threat of weather is increasing daily. Up to 30% now. Can't wait for Thursday night to get here and see what the forecast brings us.

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sportsfreaked — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:51:52 GMT

MR STEVE>>>> That video is funny as heck. When will I be able to buy one of those high tech cars or invest in that awsome fire, police, wrecker flying machine.....LOL.... Have a good night everyone!

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sedsinkc — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:40:34 GMT

Greetings from Phoenix AZ. Out here visiting my sister and brother-in-law for a few days and it's HOT. Went on a 3.5 mile trail hike/run this AM around 8 a.m. with my brother-in-law and it was 92 degrees with clear skies, ugh! Peaked at about 108 today, which was better than yesterday's 110. Right now we're getting a bit of storm activity and it has actually rained a little bit with some lightning off to the northwest. I'll be back in KC Wed. eve. and looking forward to watching the NBC Action News weather team live on the tube again. Should be up and running with the home computer shortly so then will blog from KC after a short return visit to Texas.

Gary, it would be nice to see the old promos again online. Can't believe it's going on 10 years at KSHB, it's gone so fast. Stormy seems to be a very nice dog, but there was only one Windy....

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kcwxguy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:28:24 GMT

If you believe the GFS, rain chances for the 4th look to be morning into the afternoon with possible thunderstorms mid day, clearing for the evening time.

This wave that is showing up fits with the LRC, so I am buying the threat, but timing is still in question on the 4th.

The GFS has a bias of being a bit fast, which would not be good..unless 12 hrs fast.

Let's keep an eye on it..but certainly something to think about in planning.

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FlakeFan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:05:03 GMT

Last year I thought it would be ruined because of the thunderstorms that moved through, we were ina severe thunderstorm watch while I was at the ppol! lol! Im so excited, my flight takes off tomarrow for San Diego at 7:50 A.M. early morning, hopefully I'll be able to post again! It'll be nice to visit my odl home scince all the years passed I've not visited.

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mbilar1 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:17:24 GMT

Welcome back Gary. I might take issue with your heatwave definitions, I'd define by the heat index. And it's always warmer south of KCI. But not picking a fight, it was way heinous hot/humid for 6 days straight. Just glad that's abated for now!

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Bizarro Jerry — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:01:43 GMT

kcwxguy said that the wave that is showing up for the forth of july fits with the LRC... but i thought you just said not that long ago that your theory isnt good for individual waves? or is it?

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The LRC can be used all the way down to the microscale, so short waves can be forecast by using my theory, but it is quite difficult. Upper level disturbances take on characteristics in each years LRC that are also unique.

Gary

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bingowingo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:49:43 GMT

Davidmcg, I am interested in wind energy. How can I contact you offline?

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weatherfreak01 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:59:36 GMT

Since I moved to Missouri at the end of the Summer 05 it seems like every 4th of July has had rain during the day, drizzle at night, or rain the day before. So the talk of rain and the 4th of July does not surprise me. The few 4ths that I have celebrated here always seem to go hand in hand with rain. It would be neat if someone did the research and told us how many 4th of July's there have been without the concern of rain within 24 hours of the 4th. That would include the night of the 3rd, during the day on the 4th and early morning hours of the 5th.

My daughter and I drove through one of the pop up cells on Saturday late afternoon. It was pretty intense! I later thought about the show storm chasers and thought about what it looks like when a tornado goes over them and I realized that is exactly what the 470 heading towards Grandview looked like when we drove through it. Lots of strong winds, heavy heavy rain, etc. Something I experienced that day that I have never seen is when the weather started to get bad on the freeway, everyone (at least those who were not pulled over) had their hazards on. I have never seen that before. Is that so other drivers can see them better in the poor visiablility?

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FlakeFan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:29:44 GMT

Hello from Sand Diego, its WONDERFUL here and flying made me sick, lots of turbulance taking off. So nice to go for a stroll and see all the Jackaranda trees, O forgot how wonderful this place is. I wonder why I moved away. See you in a week!