Day to Day Chance for Storms

Warm and humid too

March 13, 2012|by Ron Hearst, KY3 Chief Meteorologist | rhearst@ky3.com

TONIGHTUpper 50sBecoming Partly CloudyWEDNESDAYNear 80°

Partly to Mostly Cloudy with a few isolated storms

THURSDAYMid 70sMostly Cloudy with a few scattered storms
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Near Record Highs

Joplin and Rolla smashed their old record highs today. Joplin hit 83 while Rolla topped out at 81. The existing records were 80 and 75 respectively. A few additional record highs are possible over the next few days as a big ridge of high pressure remains anchored over the central U.S.

Day to Day Chance for Storms

South winds will help return a very tropical air mass to the Ozarks. This combined with our warm temperatures and a series of weak disturbances in the jet stream will help kick off periodic rounds of thunderstorms. Lifting mechanisms are very weak so the coverage will be limited. Because of weak lifting the storms will mainly be driven by daytime heating. Once the sun goes down the storms should die off pretty quickly. I will say that if storms can fire up then the stronger ones will be capable of producing gusty winds and small hail. The trend of day to day rain will last much of the next seven to ten days as the overall weather pattern will change little for us.

Sunny Skies,

Ron Hearst
KY3 Stormteam
Chief Meteorologist

rhearst@ky3.com

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