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Severe Risk Tonight
and last updated 2021-04-06 08:52:57-04
Good morning bloggers,
A rather interesting and strong storm system is developing and approaching Kansas & Missouri. We will experience impacts from this storm between now and Thursday. The grass could use a good drink of water and there is a chance of somewhere between 0.10 and 1.50 of rain in the next 48 hours. There is also a risk of severe weather, most likely west of Topeka, KS tonight. Let s take a look.
Surface Analysis At 7 AM
Warm & humid air is surging north this morning from the Gulf of Mexico. This will be the fuel for thunderstorms depending on where they get triggered tonight. A surface low pressure area was centered near the Kansas/Nebraska border early this morning. By 7 PM, that surface low and developing cyclone will most likely intensifying over southwest Kansas, as you can see below:
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Surface Forecast 5 PM Wednesday
and last updated 2021-03-16 08:56:04-04
Good morning bloggers,
We had a few tornado reports and we can confirm at least a couple of tornado touchdowns. And, hail covered the ground in a few spots as you can see here:
Submitted by Paul and Kassie Harris
Hail from a March 15, 2021, thunderstorm near 179th Street and South Pflumm Road.
This active weather pattern will continue, and this is right on the LRC schedule. This year s pattern is cycling at close to 46 days. Take a look at our blog from late January:
Blog January 28
The storm approaching now looks amazingly similar to the storm that hit our region in late January. As you can see in the blog entry, we predicted this to return around this week, and it is arriving. There was an EF3 tornado in Jefferson County, Alabama in the last LRC cycle, and there was a weaker tornado in that same county the cycle before that. This area is a target for Wednesday night. The LRC provid