Warm temperatures have been notable in their absence so far this season, a
fact not lost on the area's warm-weather devotees. History tells us that an
average spring delivers about 16 days (Midway Airport data) on which the
high temperature reaches at least 80 degrees by this date, and three days at
or above 90 degrees. Thus far, Midway has logged only nine 80-degree days
and no days in the 90s. That's about to change. Heat and humidity that has
been resident across the south third of the nation for several days is
expanding northward and arrives here in strength later this week.
Kansas battered
Warm, humid and unstable air that extended from the southern Great Plains
east to the Appalachians proved to be a fertile breeding ground for severe
weather in all its manifestations. A tornado near Dodge City, Kansas, was on
the ground for ten minutes late Monday afternoon and another twister struck
near El Dorado. Hail 2.75 inches in diameter bombarded Alta Vista, Kansas,
Monday evening, shattering windows and damaging roofs.
fact not lost on the area's warm-weather devotees. History tells us that an
average spring delivers about 16 days (Midway Airport data) on which the
high temperature reaches at least 80 degrees by this date, and three days at
or above 90 degrees. Thus far, Midway has logged only nine 80-degree days
and no days in the 90s. That's about to change. Heat and humidity that has
been resident across the south third of the nation for several days is
expanding northward and arrives here in strength later this week.
Kansas battered
Warm, humid and unstable air that extended from the southern Great Plains
east to the Appalachians proved to be a fertile breeding ground for severe
weather in all its manifestations. A tornado near Dodge City, Kansas, was on
the ground for ten minutes late Monday afternoon and another twister struck
near El Dorado. Hail 2.75 inches in diameter bombarded Alta Vista, Kansas,
Monday evening, shattering windows and damaging roofs.
