Tuesday, June 9, 2009

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS!

Some Severe thunderstorms are possible today( June 9th). The SPC has a slight risk for severe thunderstorms for today.

Here is the NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD MO's HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK:

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURIOZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS..
DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.ONGOING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. UP TO ONE INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER STORMS ALONG THEARKANSAS BORDER EAST OF THE GAINESVILLE AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.A FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS EARLYTHIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONTTODAY. LIFT UP AND OVER THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL RESULT IN THEDEVELOPMENT OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. SOMESTORMS WILL INITIALLY BE CAPABLE OF ONE INCH HAIL.INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH SURFACE HEATING THISAFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE WITHBETTER CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HAIL UP TO THESIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL BEPOSSIBLE. STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR PROFILES...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERNPORTIONS OF MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WILL ALSO LEAD TO ASOMEWHAT HEIGHTENED RISK FOR TORNADOES AS WELL.
A CAP IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO FAR SOUTHWESTMISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THISEVENING BEHIND THE WARM FRONT. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILLDIMINISH AS THE CAP SPREADS INTO THOSE AREAS...BUT THUNDERSTORMSWILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT OVER PARTS OFSOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGHTHE EVENING AND POSSIBLY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ONE INCH HAILAND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IFTHE STORMS CAN ORGANIZE INTO A STORM COMPLEX OVERNIGHT.

So hail to the size of golf balls....thunderstorm wind gusts up to 70mph and isolated tornadoes are all possible For us.

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  2. sorry for the strange comments Ed.We were just trying to get the comments button to work.The post above said," testing again," but when James deleted it that's what came up.Oh well,I can post today but it takes awhile. Most of the time it takes multiple re-freshing to get it to work.I don't know why it's acting up like this
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