Monday, June 2, 2008

Afternoon Heat and Storms


Well, we did see a few damage reports from the severe weather we had in here yesterday, mostly the north and eastern portions of the state, but notice across Oklahoma and Arkansas where they had numerous wind damage reports from that complex early yesterday morning. Also another big thing with the storms from yesterday was the unbelievable light show that was caused by them. There were tons of lightning strikes associated with the storms yesterday. Here are a couple of pictures of some mammatus clouds that I took after the storm had passed in meridian. They didn't come out as good as I had hoped, but I think you probably get the idea.



Today just looks like a pretty typical summer day. Very hot and humid with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Right now, it is ALREADY 81 degrees with a dewpoint temperature of 73 degrees, so we've already got alot of heat and moisture in place. Our high temps will reach up into the lower 90's today, and we'll see a chance of some afternoon showers and thunderstorms once agin, but most of this activity should be very scattered. There is also a small chance that a few of these storms could become strong-severe with hail and strong winds being the main concern and also very dangerous lightning. Once the sun goes down, I expect all of the activity that does develop to dimish.


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