KOMU WeatherPlus Blog: What a Soaker!

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

What a Soaker!

Attached are some pictures I shot around Columbia. The two pictures at the top is Peace Park in Columbia, Mo. The three at the bottom are pictures of a street sewer overflowing. Like many locations around Mid Missouri, streets were halfway covered with water, just as is it seen in these pictures. The other pictures of what looks like a raging river is what people know as the little trickle in Peace Park. As you can see from the pictures, the water was much higher than usual! Even spilling over its banks!!!

If you have any interesting flood pictures you want to share, send them to our weather team or just post them here on the blog! Drive safe and remember when you see water covering a roadway, turn around don't drown!

'Til next time,

Anthony

4 comments:

Unknown said...: Anthony,
My friend and I have a debate going that we thought you could settle for us. What EXACTLY are gail force winds?

Thanks,
Laura B.; July 31, 2008 at 8:54 AM
Anthony Slaughter said...: Laura,

Thanks for your comment! Its nice to know people outside of the weather department discuss weather topics! I love it!

A gale force wind is a strong, persistent wind, that of 39 mph - 54 mph. Gale warnings are usually issued along the coast to assure mariners' safety at sea.

Inland these winds can put on quite a wind display, but out at sea these winds can be deadly.

Thanks for the comment! Keep 'em coming!

By the way, its going to be HOT this coming weekend!!! More to come later..

Take care,

Anthony; July 31, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Unknown said...: One more quick question... How often is the Farmer's Almanac referred to in today's weather forecasting? Also, is Robert Thomas' weather forecasting formula still accurate today or have the effects of global warming, polar shifts, and the El Nina phenomenon made this formula obsolete?
Thanks,
Laura B.; August 2, 2008 at 8:05 AM
Anthony Slaughter said...: Hey Laura,

The Farmer's Almanac is referred to, especially in long range forecasting. It is not the sole basis of forecasting though. I am not sure how global warming or El Nino play a role in making this obsolete, but it does offer a reason as to why the almanac is not always referred to as 100% accurate. However, this is true with any forecasting tool/model. There is always a margin of error that is considered; what that error accounts for is what scientists are still trying to figure out.

For more information on this check out this link:

http://www.almanac.com/weathercenter/howwepredict.php

Thanks!

Anthony; August 2, 2008 at 4:41 PM