Very hot and largely dry for the foreseeable future: Kansas Agriculture Forecast – 7/25/2023

After an extended period of cooler temperatures and consistent rainfall chances, we do a hard 180 and bring in true summer heat and dry conditions. High pressure from the western US has now become the…

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Average temperatures and scattered rain chances through this week before a possible change next week: Kansas Agriculture Forecast – 7/18/2023

Seasonal temperatures and isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will be persistent across central and eastern portions of the state for the remainder of the week before we may see the heat begin to stick…

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Scattered rain chances throughout the week, along with a couple days of high heat: Kansas Agriculture Forecast – 7/11/2023

In what should continue to help make dents in the current drought conditions gripping the eastern half of the state, more opportunities for precipitation will exist throughout the rest of the week. Northwesterly flow aloft…

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Wet and active period of weather ahead: Kansas Agriculture Forecast – 7/4/2023

Happy Fourth of July everyone! We got an active window of weather coming up over the next few days, with chances for scattered thunderstorms, some possibly being severe. Coinciding with this, temperatures look to finally…

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Severe thunderstorms tonight in southern Kansas before summer is in full swing for all: Kansas Agriculture Forecast – 6/27/2023

Greetings! Hi everybody! My name is Kaden Schroeder and I am excited to debut agriculture forecasts once a week for central/eastern Kansas. Special thanks goes to Nick Lilja for giving me the opportunity to do…

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RECAP: Looking back at the two-week long severe weather onslaught with maps, explainers and chaser video

After two weeks of every-day-there-is-a-tornado-somewhere weather, the big subtropical ridge in the southeast is shifting to the west. This will shove the jet stream further north and re-position a lot of the moving pieces needed…

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Study: Tornadoes linked to personal shower length

In a recent study from Scientific North America Journal of Science a group of geologists linked southern plains and southeast shower times to tornado frequency. In a quote from the findings: The longer people shower…

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SPC issues High Risk with tornadoes, large hail possible

The SPC is concerned about a severe weather outbreak across parts of Kansas and Oklahoma this afternoon and evening. Here is the latest discusssion… Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0743…

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SPC concerned about ice accumulations for Texas Oklahoma, Kansas

The SPC is concerned about freezing rain for the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles as well as parts of Kansas. From the SPC: SUMMARY…The risk for freezing rain accompanying showers and thunderstorms will spread northward/northeastward through…

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The SPC issued a Moderate Risk for today, Tuesday April 26th, in Plains

From the SPC: DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1248 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 VALID 261200Z – 271200Z …THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM PORTIONS OF…

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