Forecast: apocalypse
Keepin' my eyes on the skies
June 5, 2008
By Joshua Anderson
Yesterday I received an email from a friend in Topeka who has a meteorologist friend who informed her (and encouraged her to do so to others) that there was some bad weather coming today.
Earlier my wife had mentioned something about all the weather factors being just about identical to some "perfect storm" scenario that occurred in the late 70's. Something about a bunch of tornadoes in Eastern Kansas (that's us) in one day.
This morning the front page of weather.com provided a third source for the rumors when it told me that a "Major Severe Weather Outbreak" was "Expected", though its little Weatherland Security meter is only at yellow (as opposed to the much more ominous red that I saw this last Monday, when the sky turned so dark the streetlights came on).
So to get a fourth opinion, I decided to go straight to the source: Gary Lezak himself. For those of you unfortunate to not know this already, Mr. Lezak runs a weather blog that he and his team of meteorologists update regularly - sometimes well into the night. He does, in fact, state that he is "fairly certain that the Storm Prediction Center is going to issue a high risk for Thursday." However, the threat of tornadic activity does not exist for his viewing area (I'm assuming this includes Lawrence), and the greatest threat for KC lies after midnight and into tomorrow. I'm assuming this means that just before or at midnight we'll experience what he is experiencing then. He seems optimistic enough, regardless of the foreboding photo featured on his blog that I've posted above. If this were the only thing posted on the entry, I'd have to assume that the forecast for today is "Apocalypse".
So to ease the fears of my colleagues and classmates alike, as I spend my usual great deal of time outside today I will keep my eyes on the skies, posting updates as often as I can as to the view of Kansas from the top of Mt. Oread in the summer. In fact, I'll go ahead and step outside right now to take a look and let you know - BRB...
Okay I'm back. Well, it's muggy. You didn't need me to tell you that I'm sure. A bit overcast but I did catch a glimpse of some blue sky and high clouds to the southwest. Once I get on campus I'll be able to see better. Through the back-hoes and bulldozers.
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