High Surf Advisory
Small Craft Advisory
March 27, 2009 (6 hour color loop from NOAA - wicked lookin' stuff)
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Small Craft Advisory
Tonight: E wind around 18 kt, with gusts as high as 25 kt.
Isolated showers before midnight.
NW swell 6 feet at 13 seconds.
Waves around 8 ft.
Friday: ENE wind around 18 kt, with gusts as high as 25 kt.
Mostly sunny.
NW swell 5 feet at 13 seconds.
Waves around 8 ft.
Friday Night: ENE wind around 18 kt, with gusts as high as 25 kt.
Mostly cloudy.
NW swell 4 feet at 12 seconds.
Waves around 7 ft.
March 26, 2009
Kansas Doppler Radar Map
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Posted on Thu, Mar. 26, 2009
Blizzard warnings issued for much of Kansas (click here)
BY STAN FINGER
The Wichita Eagle
WICHITA - The winter storm bearing down on Kansas could deliver a foot or more of snow to the Wichita area and as much as 20 inches in western sectors of the state, forecasters say.
Snowfall estimates for Wichita by the time the storm ends Saturday vary from 6 to 15 inches, with strong north winds creating blizzard conditions.
A blizzard warning has been issued for south-central Kansas, including Wichita, from 7 a.m Friday to 1 p.m. Saturday. A blizzard warning for southwest Kansas began at 1 a.m. today and will extend until 7 a.m. Saturday.
Several schools in western Kansas have already canceled classes for Friday, including Dodge City, Liberal, Moscow, Quinter, Fowler, Colby and Wallace County.
Some schools in the region also let classes out early today.
"This could rival the biggest snow we've ever had in Wichita," said Mike Smith, chief executive of WeatherData Services Inc., a subsidiary of AccuWeather.
The record snowfall for Wichita is 15 inches on Jan. 17 and 18 in 1962....
Weather service says 10 tornadoes in Neb., Iowa (click here)
Associated Press - March 26, 2009 4:45 PM ET
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The National Weather Service has confirmed 10 tornadoes touched down when a fast-moving storm moved through eastern Nebraska and into Iowa.
In Nebraska, the weather service says, 2 of the tornadoes hit near Hickman in Lancaster County on Monday. Two hit near Eagle - resulting in eight minor injuries - and one near Alvo in Cass County.
Two more tornadoes touched down in north-central Nebraska, near Brownlee and O'Neill. They did little damage.
In Iowa, a tornado was confirmed west of Missouri Valley in Harrison County, and two more were in Montgomery County, near Villisca and Sciola.
The weather service says the tornadoes ranged from EF0 to EF2 on the 1 to 5 Enhanced Fujita scale of intensity.
On the Net:
National Weather Service: http://www.noaa.gov/
March 27, 2009
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UNISYS Infrared Satellite of North and West Hemisphere (12 hour loop at title to entry - thank you)
