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Here are the April weather numbers for Louisville....
High 84
Low 37
Rain 6.13 which is 2.08 above normal
Officially no snow is listed. We did have some flurries Monday evening.
From the CPC here is the May forecast. Temps on the left and rain on the right. Our forecast is for below normal temps and above normal rain. Click on any map for a larger view.
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Before we get to our weather. How about western South Dakota where a Winter Storm WARNING has been issued. From the NWS in Rapid City... A POTENT STORM SYSTEM...OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST NOW...WILL
INTENSIFY TODAY AND TONIGHT AS IT CROSSES THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS THE BLACK HILLS AND WYOMING BLACK HILLS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY. 6 TO 15 INCHES OF HEAVY...WET SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE BLACK HILLS...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 2 FEET ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS.
This is the Mount Rushmore web cam. You can see they are getting a bit of rain. It will be interesting to check back tomorrow to see the view. Snow will probably cover the lens. To see the Mount Rushmore web cam....click here
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To see a photo gallery from the Virginia tornadoes....click here
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There was another aftershock in Illinois at 3:29 this afternoon.....
| Magnitude | 2.6 |
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| Location | 38.450°N, 87.870°W |
| Depth | 15.4 km (9.6 miles) |
| Region | ILLINOIS |
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The local stations only provide a little coverage of the Boat Race anymore. A few years back it was non-stop action. Here are some clips from past Boat Race shows....
To see 1994 with Jackie Hays and Allen Denton...also Derrick Jones and Melanie Bullard on the boats....click here
1994... Craig Edwards on News Yacht 3.....click here
For the main web page of the Belle of Louisville....click here
For the Delta Queen web page....click here
An earthquake in northern California last night at 5.2 was the same intensity as the one in Illinois a couple of weeks ago. Residents near the Shasta-Trinity National Forest got a strong jolt Tuesday night when a magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the mountainous area. There were no immediate reports or injury or damage. The temblor struck at 8:03 p.m., centered about 11 miles southeast of the town of Willow Creek and 330 miles north of San Francisco. Seismologists said the quake originated about 11 miles below the surface on an unmapped fault. No tsunami warning was issued. The quake was widely felt within about an 80-mile radius, as far north as the Oregon state line. Quakes in California are not felt as far away as the ones in our part of the country. The Illinois quake was felt 500 miles away.
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33 the low at my house this morning with a touch of frost. I live in a valley and our plants are usually a week or so behind the surrounding areas because we get these cold spring mornings. The lowest in the area was 32 at Frankfort and in Kentucky the coldest was 25 at Black Mountain. In Indiana, the coldest was 25 at Goshen.
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From the SPC here is the severe risk for Friday and for us it is mainly for Friday night. SPC says... ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ALONG/AHEAD OF SFC COLD FRONT DURING DAY...FROM IL/INDIANA AND PERHAPS SRN LM AREA SWWD ACROSS LOWER MS VALLEY. STRONGER DEEP-LAYER WINDS SHOULD EXIST OVER NRN
PARTS OF OUTLOOK AREA...WITH LAPSE RATES...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND BUOYANCY INCREASING SWD. DEEP-LAYER SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELL/TORNADO THREAT WITH ANY RELATIVELY DISCRETE/SUSTAINED CONVECTION...AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT WOULD DOMINATE WITH MORE LINEAR ACTIVITY. ONE OR TWO RELATIVELY SMALL AREAS OF CONCENTRATED AND/OR SIGNIFICANT SVR POTENTIAL ARE QUITE POSSIBLE WITHIN CURRENT BROAD-BRUSHED CATEGORICAL AREA. HOWEVER...AFOREMENTIONED UNCERTAINTIES PRECLUDE FOCUSING SUCH PROBABILITIES ON ANY PARTICULAR AREA WITHIN SLGT RISK THIS FAR IN ADVANCE. Look for some areas to be put at a 30% risk in the next update tomorrow morning.
Latest Derby forecasts....
NWS: Oaks: Storms 78 Derby: Partly sunny 65
AccuWeather: Oaks: storms 76... Derby: Partly sunny 67
Weather Channel: Oaks: Storms 76 Derby: Scattered storms 64
John Belski: Oaks: chance for storms 78 Derby: Partly sunny....upper 60s to near 70
A couple of odds and ends to wrap up today......
Christina and Bobbie Jean the first with the earthquake t-shirts...
By the way, no aftershocks for 3 days so maybe things are winding down.
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Thanks to Jo for this pretty picture of a crab apple tree. I think this may have been the best year ever for the blooms. Maybe the temps staying down in March and April is the key for this to happen.
A Frost ADVISORY is in effect for all of Kentucky to the east of Louisville. Frost is likely in those areas as the core of the cold high pressure sits over eastern KY overnight. Along the I-65 corridor and areas to the west only some patchy frost in low lying areas is expected. No frost is forecast here in the city.
From Portland, OR.... Mother Nature doesn’t seem to realize it’s almost May; the National Weather Service issued yet another snow advisory for the Oregon Cascades with up to 12 inches of snow possible...click here
A fairly rare full halo around the sun was spotted in Key West, FL today.
Here is a story about how a halo around the sun forms....click here
From Hawaii... Record breaking heat and big waves in Waikiki can only mean one thing, an early summer swell is here. The first big summer waves are on their way to southern shores and visitors and spectators are taking full advantage.... click here
Corn planting is running behind this spring because of the wet fields...for Kentucky...31% has been planted with 64% the average by this time.
In Indiana, 11% has been planted with 30% usually planted by now.
The main storm activity is still expected Friday night. As a reinforcing shot of cooler air moves in Saturday afternoon, there could be another broken line of storms to develop. I have our Derby Day rain chances at 30%.
Thanks to Kat for this photo of me interviewing the winning Raytheon Bed Race team during the live TV coverage.
The CPC's latest summer temperature outlook has above normal temps out west and in the northeast.
The CFS has below normal temps in the Ohio Valley and above normal out west and in northern New England.
There are some forecasts that this could be our coolest summer in a number of years where there could be less than 20 days in the 90s. Last summer Louisville had it's hottest month ever. The average high temp during August was over 97 degrees.
For the latest on the Virginia tornadoes:
From WAVY-TV Norfolk....click here
From the Hampton Roads Pilot....click here
From WWBT-TV Richmond....click here
From the Petersburg Progress-Index....click here
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch....click here
Congratulations to the FOrd Louisville assembly Plant team....winner of laast night's Bed Races in front of thousands at Broadbent Arena. Another event televised live by WAVE-TV. Remember, WAVE is the only station to televise LIVE the Balloon Glow...Bed Races...Pegasus Parade...Kentucky Oaks... and Kentucky Derby.
Don't forget to register for the free Derby ticket giveaway here at wave3.com
Latest forecasts:
AccuWeather: Oaks: Pt. sunny 73 Derby: Pt. sunny 67
Weather Channel: Oaks: chance for storms 74 Derby: Isolated storms 72
John Belski: Oaks: chance for storms (possibly severe) 78 Derby: small storm chance 71
Damage reports continue to come in from several communities in southeast Virginia. 3 tornadoes including one strong one have resulted in widespread damage and over 200 taken to the hospital. For more details...click here
By the way, today is the 6 year anniversary of the LaPlata, Maryland F-4 tornado. For more on that famous storm....click here
Thanks for the updates on snow and sleet mainly in southern Indiana this evening. What a crazy Derby Week this may turn out to be. Snow early in the week, severe storms possible late in the week.
A quick update on the Virginia tornadoes....18 people have been taken to the hospital in Colonial Heights, that is just south of Richmond. As you can see in the photo, cars have been overturned. Dress Barn, Payless, Sunglass Hut, Target in that area were hit hard. Structural damage to businesses, cars were tossed around, car windows blown-out, and debris everywhere. For more details...click here
To watch LIVE coverage....click here
In Suffolk, the hospital that was hit by a tornado reports roof damage. Windows in the Emergency Room were blown out. No injuries at the hospital. We also have heard of some people trapped in homes that were damaged. For more details...click here
That's it for now. I am off to the Bed Races. WAVE has a live broadcast from 7:00 until 8:00.
I have had no reports of hail in our area. The temperature is dropping and we will stay in the upper 40s this evening.
No photos yet...here are some damage reports from tornadoes in and near Norfolk, VA. during the late afternoon......
Lawrenceville, VA: TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITH SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND SNAPPED OFF ALONG BELFIELD ROAD... WESTERN MILL ROAD AND MILAS DRIVE.
Norfolk: MULTIPLE PUBLIC REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUD CROSSING HAMPTON ROAD AND THE MONITOR MERRIMACK BRIDGE.
Suffolk: TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG SHOULDERS HILL RD.
FUNNEL SPOTTED.
Suffolk: ROOF DAMAGE AT OBICI HOSPITAL OFF GOODWIN BLVD. ROOF
DAMAGE AND TREES DOWN. NO FUNNEL REPORTED.
Suffolk: TORNADO ON THE GROUND REPORTED IN DRIVER MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS HAMPTON ROADS AND DOWNTOWN NORFOLK
Petersburg: TORNADO DAMAGE REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF PUDDLEDOCK AND TEMPLE AVE.
Chesterfield: TORNADO REPORTED OFF TEMPLE AVE IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES. REPORTS OF DAMAGE INCLUDING OVERTURNED CARS AT BEST BUY NEAR SOUTHPARK MALL.
The main chance for storms will be late Friday or Friday night.
I have a 30% chance for storms for Derby Day, mainly late in the day.
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