Wednesday, February 11, 2009

An impressive past few days


The past few days have been quite eventful. Last night was the most eventful of all. We were lucky in the state of Arkansas to not have had any tornado reports. There were plenty of warnings throughout the night, but no touchdowns. The main problems in Arkansas were hail and wind. There were two hail reports in Northwest Arkansas, one in Crawford and one in Sebastian County. All across Northwest and North Central Arkansas there were numerous wind reports, with winds in excess of 60mph. White County recieved no damage reports. Rainfall totals were impressive though. Since midnight about .5in of rain fell, bringing the 3 day total to about 1.5in. This recent rain puts us above average for rainfall in February.
We will have a short dry spell tomorrow. The winds will shift becoming southeasterly at about 5mph. The Wind Advisory posted for today will expire at 6pm. Friday a weak cold front moves through and drives up rain chances. No severe weather with this system! The weekend looks dry, but cooler. Temperatures for the next five days will be closer to average. Highs will be in the 50's and lows will be in the upper 30's and 40's.

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