Heat-breaking stormsPosted May31, 2006 at 10:33 AMThose thunderstorms may have experienced this morning or at least heard off in the distance were moving to the southwest ... that's one of the most unusual directions storms can move in these parts. The development of this morning's thunderstorms is a signal that the upper atmospheric ridge that has kept a dome of record heat on us the last couple of days is loosening its grip. A small disturbance circulating southwestward around the edge of it, combined with the minimal surface heat of the morning hours, increasing moisture and some lift along the higher terrain of the Blue Ridge, was enough to trigger thunderstorms as the warm-air cap aloft weakened. It will be a sticky day, maybe even feeling worse than the last two, but no record highs today. Showers and thunderstorms, mostly in the afternoon, will become commonplace until a front brings cooler, drier weather by the weekend. Keep track of the showers and thunderstorms on National Weather Service radar. It poured at my place this morning. What about at yours? Feel free to leave a comment or e-mail me. |
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Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States." .....Advertisement.....
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