Weather and Market Commentary- June 24, 2009
June 24, 2009 by sabrina829
Wednesday, June 24, 2009:
Heat yesterday in the western Corn Belt was impressive, with readings of 97 degrees or higher at LaCrosse, Des Moines, Omaha, Lincoln, Kansas City, and Topeka (just to name a few). With dew point readings in the upper 70s to lower 80s, this created dangerously high heat index readings that topped 110 degrees in many locations. Impressive as that all sounds, we did not break any high temperature records for the date, something that has been very hard for the Midwest to do for about the last two decades. A place like Des Moines has not had a record high in any of the summer months (June, July, and August) since 1988 (and one has to go all the way back to 1955 to find the last time that Des Moines has recorded a record high in July). A part of the same area that was so hot yesterday got a nice cool-down during the evening as strong thunderstorms rolled first eastward and then southward across a large part of Iowa and northern Missouri. Radar suggests that a good part of Iowa saw 0.50-1.50 inch accumulations, with localized totals of 2-3+ inches to the west of Des Moines. Lots of strong wind accompanied that rainfall activity.
The next rainfall event is already on the radar this morning, with scattered thunderstorms in the Missouri River Valley early on this Wednesday. That system should favor areas along and north of the Interstate 80 corridor with some 0.50-1.50 inch rains as it moves eastward over the next 36 hours. A cool front moving across the Corn Belt for Saturday and Sunday should produce a rainfall threat to the entire region. We are still looking at a good deal of heat through the early part of the weekend, with highs of 90 or above for especially southern parts of the Corn Belt; heat advisories cover much of the region to the south of Interstate 80, with excessive heat warnings in place for the Kansas/Missouri border area. All of the Corn Belt will be cooler on Sunday though, with temperatures looking pretty close to normal as we move into the July 4th holiday weekend.
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Weather and Market Commentary- June 24, 2009
June 24, 2009 by sabrina829
Wednesday, June 24, 2009:
Heat yesterday in the western Corn Belt was impressive, with readings of 97 degrees or higher at LaCrosse, Des Moines, Omaha, Lincoln, Kansas City, and Topeka (just to name a few). With dew point readings in the upper 70s to lower 80s, this created dangerously high heat index readings that topped 110 degrees in many locations. Impressive as that all sounds, we did not break any high temperature records for the date, something that has been very hard for the Midwest to do for about the last two decades. A place like Des Moines has not had a record high in any of the summer months (June, July, and August) since 1988 (and one has to go all the way back to 1955 to find the last time that Des Moines has recorded a record high in July). A part of the same area that was so hot yesterday got a nice cool-down during the evening as strong thunderstorms rolled first eastward and then southward across a large part of Iowa and northern Missouri. Radar suggests that a good part of Iowa saw 0.50-1.50 inch accumulations, with localized totals of 2-3+ inches to the west of Des Moines. Lots of strong wind accompanied that rainfall activity.
The next rainfall event is already on the radar this morning, with scattered thunderstorms in the Missouri River Valley early on this Wednesday. That system should favor areas along and north of the Interstate 80 corridor with some 0.50-1.50 inch rains as it moves eastward over the next 36 hours. A cool front moving across the Corn Belt for Saturday and Sunday should produce a rainfall threat to the entire region. We are still looking at a good deal of heat through the early part of the weekend, with highs of 90 or above for especially southern parts of the Corn Belt; heat advisories cover much of the region to the south of Interstate 80, with excessive heat warnings in place for the Kansas/Missouri border area. All of the Corn Belt will be cooler on Sunday though, with temperatures looking pretty close to normal as we move into the July 4th holiday weekend.
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