Locally, the weather next week will be making a change. Temperatures will stay mild, with highs in the mid 80s to low 90s. Lows will be in the 70s.......
Each day, we will have a moderate to high chance of rain, anywhere between 30 and 60 percent. In other local weather news, there is a new SCEP student at NWS Ruskin.
In national weather news, several heat records were broken this past week. Friday in San Antonio, temps got as high as 103 degrees! Of course, we've had temperatures just as high. Also, NOAA and NASA officials have announced that they have successfully launched a new Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.
As part of last week's Lightning Awareness Week, I have each day of NWS Ruskin's outreach statements below. I decided that it would be easier to do it all at once, instead of each day.
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Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
The weather has been wild this month, as we've seen about 1,700 reports of severe weather just since last Monday. I get into the month's severe weather later, but for now, I'll give the local weather forecast for next week.
Local Weather
A slight cool down is expected, but it won't make too much of a difference. Daytime temps will be in the high 90s until Tuesday, when they drop down to mid 90s, and then by the end of the week, they should be down to the low 90s.
Lows will range from the mid-to-low 70s each night.
Severe Weather
The weather this June has been unusually active.
Climatalogically speaking, May is the best month for tornado formation, but this past May, we only had 227 tornadoes.
The month of June isn't even over, and we've had 199 tornadoes. Yes, June is considered the second most active month for tornadoes, but the month isn't even over and if the severe weather ends on a strong note, we could see June surpass May this year in terms of tornadoes.
If you want to see this year's severe weather reports, go here
Today through next week is Lightning Preparedness Week. For info on how to protect yourself from lightning, go here
The first round of the US Open due to heavy rain. It started to rain at 6:56am, just minutes before play was scheduled to start. The 18th hole was turned into an ocean. Crews were out in force against the rain, using hoses and squeegees to try to dry some of the greens. Play was stopped at 2:00, when officials determined the course unplayable.
No one completed more than 11 holes, and half the 156-man field didn't even get started. Full Story Here
Here is a great video of the four Aurora, Nebraska tornadoes that occurred yesterday
Sorry about not updating all week, but I've been busy, next week's Update WILL be longer.
High temps next week will be in the mid-high 90s, and lows will be in the 70s. There will be a small chance for rain each day, around 20-30%.
Weather Camp was great! We got to tour the local NWS office, a local tv station, and went to one of JSU's COOP sites, just to name a few things we did.
For pictures, go here
Weather In The News
Scientists are considering the possibility of adding a new type of cloud to the list.
Thjs is Day 2 of weather camp here in Jackson, Mississippi, and the weather has cooperated for the most part. It's been a little hot, but other than that, everything has been great.
Today, we visited the EOC (Ermergency Operations Center) in Brandon, MS. It is at the police station in Brandon, and the guy in charge, Alton Webb, is an avid storm chaser. Along with his son, he goes storm chasing in the Plains and other areas. The EOC watches the weather with a variety of software: GR2Analyst, two Baron Services radar products, and a few other products. Here is their web site: Brandon Storm Center
For your information, I'm updating from the Pizza Shack, because the hotel's internet is down, but also because I have to work on a presentation for the last day of weather camp, which I'll upload when I put the pictures on. The pizza is amazing! Actually, it was recently rated 5th Best Pizza In The U.S.!
We also watched a video about the "Storm Of The Century".
I'd say more but we need to get back to the hotel. :)
If you don't already know, I'm in Mississippi at a weather camp at Jackson State University, whick is sponsored by the NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS).
I'll be updating every night about what we do each day. At the end of the week, when I get back to Florida, I'll have pictures here.
So, today we had a tour of the local NWS office, and we got to see a demonstration balloon launch. The balloon launches are pretty cool, they load the radiosonde onto the balloon, and then monitor the data as it comes in real-time. The data they receive is then used to make soundings to assist in the forecasts. They launch twice a day at 6:00am and 6:00pm. We also went over the fundementals of weather.
The weather has been nice, with sunny skies and highs in the mid 90s. A front will come through mid-week, which will bring rain chances on Wednesday night going into Thursday, but any precip should clear out by Thursday night.
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