Ξ August 31st, 2007 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
Hotter than the surface of the sun, carrying a current of 10, 000 amps and 100 million volts, lightning strikes the earth 50 to 100 times each second. Most lighting strikes average 2 to 3 miles long and a lightning bolt is only about the size of a half dollar. It seems bigger because of its brightness. A little something for the ‘did you know’ bin.
Thanks to Jen Smith of Glenwood, Iowa for this spectacular lightning shot from her home.
Ξ August 30th, 2007 | Posted by Brittany Rainey | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
For the next several days we are going to be dry and sunny. Good news for the weekend and Labor Day holiday…but personally I’d prefer a little change every once in a while (keeps a weatherman from getting bored by saying the same thing day after day). Today expect temps in the upper 70s to near 80…so still pretty cool for late August standards. But with continued sunshine I’m having to tack on about 2-4 degrees each subsequent day for highs. Friday expect mid 80s and upper 80s to near 90 for the weekend. Labor Day will be dry with temps in the lower 90s. There is some indication, however, of a stormy pattern late next week…we’ll have to keep an eye on that but for the most part it appears as if the unoffical last day of summer will have many travelers smiling.
Ξ August 29th, 2007 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
Take a deep breath. That crisp night air you’re inhaling may have just a twinge of autumn in it. Make no mistake, there likely will be plenty of hot days ahead, but tonight and tomorrow nights low temperatures give a hint that perhaps summer is starting to wheeze a little bit.
That big upper level high that had taken up residence over the southeastern half of the country has built into the west and that is where the hot weather will reside. A mild dry, air mass pushes into our region tomorrow, with surface high pressure leaving sunshine and temperatures right where they should be this time of year, in the low 80s.
Friday the winds emerge from a more southerly direction which will heat things up a bit for the Labor Day weekend, but upper 80s will still be about perfect for the rodeo that’s in town and Husker football on Saturday.
Ξ August 29th, 2007 | Posted by Brittany Rainey | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
Some much cooler air has moved through and provided some refreshing relief to those who don’t like it terribly hot. High temperatures today are only expected to make it into the mid to upper 70s. While it’s cloudy this morning, the sun should make an appearence later on this afternoon. Thursday looks to be a gorgeous day as we’ll have sunshine and make it into the lower 80s. Looking to the weekend, if you are going to head to the Husker game or the local lakes for Labor Day Weekend, probably couldn’t ask for better traveling weather as no rain is expected and plenty of sun with temps in the upper 80s. Labor Day should be dry, sunny and temps around 90.
Ξ August 29th, 2007 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
I want to thank everyone, who contributed pictures and storm reports to us during last Wednesday’s storm that hit Hastings. Your reports and eye witness accounts help us verify what we’re seeing on radar and is an important part in our team effort to keep folks informed. Thanks, again.
Travis Burwood shot this picture of the shelf cloud. Nice shot, Travis and thanks.
Ξ August 28th, 2007 | Posted by Brittany Rainey | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
I was fortunate to wake up early enough to see the lunar eclipse. While my job requires me to get up that early anyway I was still excited to see what would happen since my biggest astronomy discovery to this day has been finding Jupiter in a telescope. For those that didn’t get up around 4:30 I’ll try to discribe it. It wasn’t totally like a solar eclipse (which I was kind of expecting). If you saw the moon yesterday morning…it was full, bright, and a reddish color. This morning you could see it was significantly darker with the top half almost not visible. I tried to capture it on camera…but the thing about cameras is they like a lot of light and there isn’t much at that time of day. The moon was still somewhat visible but basically you could tell something was blocking a lot of the moon’s light. (more…)
Ξ August 27th, 2007 | Posted by John Walsh | → 1 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
If you’re a night owl, then perhaps we can count on you to pull up a lawn chair with us and witness tonight’s lunar eclipse. The moon should be in full eclipse, or umbra, at around 4:22 am and last for about 90 minutes. If you want to see the full transition to full eclipse, you better be ready by about 3: 51 am. The clouds are another factor. (more…)
Ξ August 27th, 2007 | Posted by Brittany Rainey | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
Good morning.
Today we are starting out much different than what we’ve seen lately, there’s sunshine. In fact you’ll be hard pressed to find a cloud anywhere. We’ll continue to see plenty of sun today but we will also have to deal with breezy winds. These two factors will lead temperatures to the upper 90s. (more…)
Ξ August 23rd, 2007 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
Follow up investigation on the storm that ran through Hastings Wednesday night determined that indeed a weak tornado touched down in the southeast part of town.
According to the team from the National Weather Service office, a tornado touched down just to the east of Hastings College, traveled southeast to about Highway 6, then lifted near Motorsport Park. On the enhanced Fujita scale it was rated an EF-0, suggesting wind speeds of about 70 mph.
If memory serves correct this would be the first tornado Hastings has experienced since the early 1960s.
Ξ August 23rd, 2007 | Posted by Brittany Rainey | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
Before I get on the topic of last night’s severe weather I want to remind everyone if you have storm damage photos…feel free to send them to news5@khastv.com and to help us out, tell us who you are and where the photos are from and more than likely we’ll use them during the news. (more…)
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