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kansascityhappenings · 6 years

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Joe’s Weather Blog: About that firenado video from California (SAT-8/4)

Good morning…clouds in the region today should keep a lid on the potential highs this afternoon. Yesterday Downtown KC hit 97° while KCI hit 93°. Today I think temperatures won’t attain those somewhat lofty levels. Sunday however is a different story as the clouds will be gone and with the winds stirring the air up the temperatures should pop well into the 90s once again. Rain is also something that’s needed for many parts of the region…and I’m somewhat hopeful that some can move in in a few more days.

Forecast:

Today: Mixed clouds and sunshine…hot but not overly humid with highs near 90°

Tonight: Clearing out and pleasant after sunset with lows close to 70°

Sunday: Mostly sunny and hotter with highs in the mid 90s..some hotter. Dew points not terrible so the heat index should mostly be under 100°

Monday: Partly cloudy with a chance of some rain towards Monday night or Tuesday morning. 90s again but also more humid so the heat index will be a bit higher.

Discussion:

I’ll get to our weather later in the blog…but I wanted to write about something that has caught my attention. You’e heard about the devastating fires out west. Today may be a bad day IF something gets started because of the tinder dry conditions and the strong winds across parts of the west. Humidity levels will be 10-20% or so…temperatures will be in the 90s for many out there…and the winds (almost the most critical aspect of this) will be gusting to near 30 MPH…again IF something gets going (arson…dry thunderstorms with lighting…accidental starts)…it may spread quickly. Some of the mountain regions may gust to 60 MPH.

Fire Weather Watches are in effect for many areas out west.

There are already lots of fires out there…some rather small…some much larger. Some of being fought…others aren’t because of terrain and/or safety concerns. These fires are getting lots of media attention…it’s important to remember that these fires have been occurring for decades…and sometimes as mankind builds in places that have lots of trees and are prone to drought conditions…and have a lot of available fuel…bad things happen. To put this year in perspective compared to last year…

2018: From January 1 to August 2, 2018, there were 38,079 wildfires, compared to 39,227 wildfires in the same period in 2017, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. About 4.9 million acres were burned in the 2018 period, compared with 5.6 million in 2017.

The Carr fire, which broke out on July 23 in Northern California, is the 7th most destructive fire in the state’s history and is still not contained as of August 2. Six fatalities are attributed to the fire and over a thousand structures have been destroyed.

(From the Insurance Information Institute)

So we’re about 1200 fires away from matching last year…this with 4 months of the year to go. We’re about 1 million acres away from burning more land than last year…

Here is how this year matches the last decade or so…

Year-to-date statistics

2018 (1/1/18 – 8/3/18) Fires: 38,333 Acres: 4,916,686 2017 (1/1/17 – 8/3/17) Fires: 39,635 Acres: 5,730,848 2016 (1/1/16 – 8/3/16) Fires: 34,898 Acres: 3,600,570 2015 (1/1/15 – 8/3/15) Fires: 36,754 Acres: 5,929,374 2014 (1/1/14 – 8/3/14) Fires: 34,151 Acres: 1,702,600 2013 (1/1/13 – 8/3/13) Fires: 28,398 Acres: 2,417,275 2012 (1/1/12 – 8/3/12) Fires: 38,255 Acres: 4,346,788 2011 (1/1/11 – 8/3/11) Fires: 46,622 Acres: 6,117,568 2010 (1/1/10 – 8/3/10) Fires: 37,933 Acres: 2,010,232 2009 (1/1/09 – 8/3/09) Fires: 57,649 Acres: 3,997,202 2008 (1/1/08 – 8/3/08) Fires: 56,539 Acres: 3,716,066

10-year average Year-to-Date 2008-2017 Fires: 40,892 Acres: 3,886,573

(data above via the National Interagency Fire Center)

Interesting comparisons. This fire season (so far) is not as worse as in 2017…also 2011 was considerably worse than this year. So yes it’s bad…but it’s been worse.

You can see the smoke pouring into the atmosphere yesterday from northern CA.

Weeks of fires out there have sent smoke through the Plains thanks to the jet stream winds…so we actually have been having some of that smoke in our atmosphere.

More stunning satellite imagery of California #wildfires. Red Flag weather conditions, w/strong winds & low humidity, have (again) led to explosive development on #CarrFire, #RanchFire, and #FergusonFire today–all of which jumped containment lines in recent hours. #CAwx #CAfire pic.twitter.com/7bdJgZdXau

— Dr. Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) August 4, 2018

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Things really hit the media spotlight about 10 days ago with the devastating fires around the Redding, CA area (the Carr Fire) and how it’s expanded over the days…

This is how fast the Carr Fire is spreading in Northern California https://t.co/eEQ18UewUe pic.twitter.com/mubJmMF6JF

— CNN (@CNN) August 3, 2018

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The Carr Fire has destroyed nearly 1,000 homes, including that of Sandy Wolf in Keswick, who's lived there for 70 years. pic.twitter.com/NEYoVEf7Ex

— USA TODAY Video (@usatodayvideo) August 4, 2018

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Almost 1300 homes have been damaged or destroyed (mostly destroyed). Here is the latest from yesterday via CAL FIRE

#CarrFire [update] northwest of Anderson (Shasta County) is now 133,924 acres and 39% contained. Evacuations and road closures in place. Unified Command: CAL FIRE Shasta-Trinity Unit, Redding City Fire and Whiskeytown National Park. https://t.co/QmhauhZj9m pic.twitter.com/oLVVl0BT26

— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) August 4, 2018

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The Carr fire isn’t even the biggest one out there…the Mendicino fire is bigger at near 160,000 acres burned so far and only 30% containment.

#RanchFire #MendocinoComplex [update] off Hwy 20 near Potter Valley, NE of Ukiah (Mendocino Co) is now 115,250 acres and 28% contained. Evacuations and road closures in place. Unified Command: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit and USFS Mendocino National Forest. https://t.co/uhlH8hb9e4 pic.twitter.com/RitDPIfJrq

— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) August 4, 2018

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I wanted to bring this all up because you may have seen this video…which is both scary, and to me at least, fascinating because of how the firenado behaved and how strong it got.

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Listen to the sounds from the video.

Here is another view…

Upon researching this firenado…and utilizing damage indicators and doppler radar…they discovered that the winds in that firenado may have been as strong oas 140 MPH+! This would be the equivalent to an EF3 tornado…

The NWS & @CAL_FIRE Serious Accident Review Team (SART) are conducting a storm damage survey regarding the large fire whirl that occurred Thursday evening in Redding. Preliminary indicators placed max wind speeds achieved by the fire whirl in excess of 143 mph. #cawx #CarrFire pic.twitter.com/3iRX90lhLJ

— NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) August 2, 2018

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#CarrFire vortex may have been strongest tornado-like feature in California history: "Trees appeared to be levitating…branches & sheet-metal roofs seemed to orbit the column…uprooted objects launched into the air ignited mid-flight." #CAwx #CAfirehttps://t.co/jFdhHryT7J pic.twitter.com/7rg26tHm3Y

— Dr. Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) August 3, 2018

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Fascinating stuff from a research standpoint…

Onwards…

Our next decent chance of anything more than some spotty showers this afternoon is later Monday or Tuesday morning as a weak cold front slips through the area…hopefully we’ll get some rain from this…although I won’t promise widespread rains at this point.

I’ll add in Pleasant Hill radar just in case there are a few scattered showers this afternoon…

The air above us though is pretty dry overall…the morning balloon launch from the NWS out towards Topeka indicates this. Note the large spread between the red temperature line (as you go up in the atmosphere) and the green line (the dew points). The larger the spread the lower the humidity…the drier the air.

There are a couple of layers of somewhat more saturated air…particularly at the 700 mb level…or about 9,500 feet up. I guess there could be a random sprinkle or something out there today but it should amount to all that much.

A final note…Hurricane Hector is churning in the eastern and soon to be central Pacific. Actually it should make a somewhat close pass to Hawaii and the Big Island TUE>WED of next week. Odds heavily favor it passing well south of Hawaii BUT it may churn up the surf on the eastern part of the Island.

The satellite pictures show a well defined hurricane…look between Hawaii and the Baja CA area…see the small eye in the center of the storm?

That’s Hector…not a very large hurricane (size wise) but it does have 120 MPH winds with it right now.

Right now, aside from some increase in the surf…no major impacts are expected on the Hawaiian Islands. The surf though could get pretty rough…depending on how far north the track ends up being…one of our models deals with surf forecasting.

That’s 12-20 foot waves on the east and south beaches of the Big Island. The map above is valid for Wednesday at 7PM our time. It tracks the eye towards about 17 north in latitude…a bit farther south and perhaps the surf won’t be as bad.

OK that will do it for today…hope you have a great weekend and I’ll try and update the blog again tomorrow and drill down into the rain chances a bit more.

Our feature photo comes from Elizabeth Tuttle of the pretty sunrise from this morning.

Joe

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newestbalance · 6 years

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NHL notebook: Sharks lock up Couture on eight-year deal

The San Jose Sharks are reportedly locking up one of the cornerstones of their franchise for almost another decade.

Jun 12, 2016; San Jose, CA, USA; San Jose Sharks center Logan Couture (39) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second period of game six of the 2016 Stanley Cup Final at SAP Center at San Jose. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters Picture Supplied by Action Images

According to multiple reports Saturday, the club and star forward Logan Couture agreed on an eight-year contract extension that will keep the Canadian in Northern California through the 2026-27 season.

Couture, 29, will play the final year of his current five-year, $30 million contract next season, and then the new deal will kick in. That deal is reportedly worth $64 million over eight years.

A first-round pick by the Sharks in 2007, Couture has said he never wants to leave San Jose. He has 437 points (213 goals, 224 assists) with a plus-57 in 582 career games. Last season was one of his best, as he scored a career-high 34 goals while adding 27 assists.

—The Winnipeg Jets traded goalie Steve Mason, forward Joel Armia, a 2019 seventh-round pick and a 2020 fourth-rounder to the Montreal Canadiens for defenseman Simon Bourque.

The Canadiens placed Mason, 30, on buyout waivers shortly after acquiring him, saving the team about $1.4 million over two seasons.

Winnipeg GM Kevin Cheveldayoff said earlier this week he was trying to free up cap space as the team looks to re-sign center Paul Stastny, who becomes an unrestricted free agent on Sunday. Starting goalie Connor Hellebuyck is due to become a restricted free agent on Sunday on the heels of a breakout season that saw him finish second in voting for the Vezina Trophy.

—Defenseman Mike Green agreed to a two-year, $10.75 million deal to remain with the Detroit Red Wings, according to multiple reports.

Green was set to become an unrestricted free agent on Sunday.

The 32-year-old had 33 points (eight goals, 25 assists) in 66 games last season. His season was cut short by a neck injury that required surgery. Green is expected to be healthy by the start of training camp.

—The Carolina Hurricanes signed the No. 2 overall draft pick, Russian winger Andrei Svechnikov, to a three-year, entry-level deal worth an average of $925,000 annually.

Svechnikov, 18, tore up the Ontario Hockey League last season, totaling 40 goals and 32 assists in 44 games with the Barrie Colts. A year earlier, he had 29 goals and 29 assists for the USHL’s Muskegon Lumberjacks, earning the league’s rookie of the year honor.

When discussing Svechnikov prior to the draft, Carolina general manager Don Waddell said the youngster would go straight to the NHL if the Hurricanes were able to draft him, saying, “He’s 18, but he’s physically built, he’s 6-foot-3, strong. There’s no reason to expect he can’t come in (right away).”

—Forward Ryan Reaves agreed to re-sign with the Vegas Golden Knights on a two-year deal, according to a report from TSN, after drawing interest from the Flames, Rangers and Canucks.

Reaves, 31, provided a physical presence for Vegas as it won the Western Conference and reached the Stanley Cup Final in its inaugural season. He notched two assists and had 10 penalty minutes in 21 regular-season games after the Golden Knights acquired him Feb. 23 from the Pittsburgh Penguins.

In the postseason, Reaves had the series-clinching goal in the Western Conference finals against the Winnipeg Jets and the game-tying goal in a Game 1 win in the finals against the Washington Capitals.

—The New Jersey Devils re-signed backup goaltender Eddie Lack to a one-year, $650,000 contract, the team announced.

The 30-year-old Lack was acquired from the Calgary Flames in December. He went 1-2-0 with a 3.18 goals-against average in four games with the Devils and 6-7-2 with a 2.90 GAA in 16 games with Binghamton of the American Hockey League.

Lack provides insurance as top goalie Cory Schneider recovers from hip surgery. Keith Kinkaid is expected to open the 2018-19 season as the starter.

—The Minnesota Wild have placed forward Tyler Ennis on buyout waivers, according to reports.

Ennis, 28, was set to make $3.65 million next season, but the Wild will save about $2.4 million with the move.

He had eight goals and 14 assists in 73 games last season, his first with the Wild after eight years in Buffalo.

—Field level Media

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