Weather

By Morgan Bell
mbell@wichitaeagle.com

More than 2,000 Westar Energy customers were left without power Thursday morning stemming from about 140 outages across the city, according to the Westar outage map.
The outages occurred at various times throughout the morning. With more storms expected to roll through the area, Westar expects power to be restored by 11 p.m. Thursday, a spokeswoman said.

“Hopefully we’ll get it done before then,” she said. “With so many, we’re giving our crews enough time to work the outages.”

Westar does not have a specific cause for each outage, but typically during storms, debris or vegetation on the lines is what causes outages, the spokeswoman said. Lines down were reported throughout the Wichita area.
Gusts up to 80 mph were reported in the Wichita area as thunderstorms blew through the area Thursday morning.
The National Weather Service called them hurricane-force winds, and more storms came through the area throughout the morning. They weren’t as strong as the first storm, though, according to meteorologist Chance Hayes with the National Weather Service in Wichita.
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article89556292.html

Temperatures over 100 degrees and brutally high humidity will combine to deliver a potentially dangerous heat wave to much of the central and southern U.S. this week.
"This may be one of the worst heat waves in the last few decades," the National Weather Service warned.
Some 130 million Americans will endure heat indexes of at least 100 degrees, according to the Weather Channel
The intense heat will spread into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast by next weekend. Only the Northwest will not feel the full effects of the heat wave.

This will be the hottest weather so far this summer in the central U.S., AccuWeather said. Heat advisories and warnings have been posted in 14 states in the central and southern U.S., the weather service said.
Cities such as Dallas, Chicago, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, St. Louis and Des Moines are all in the zone of extreme heat. Some daily record high temperatures are possible in a few locations, but no all-time records seem likely.
Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit and Toledo could see 100-degree temperatures on Friday, WeatherBell meteorologist Ryan Maue said.
The heat index — which factors in both temperatures and humidity — could approach 120 degrees in some spots.

"This type of heat can cause heat stroke if you don’t take precautions, so be sure to drink plenty of water and if possible avoid being out in the sun between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.," according to WeatherBug meteorologist Andrew Rosenthal.
"More people die each year from heat than cold waves, lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes or floods," AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said.
The heat is due to a massive dome of high pressure that's predicted to camp out over the Plains and Midwest for much of the week, weather.com said. High pressure causes air to sink, preventing clouds and rain from forming.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/07/18/heat-wave-central-us/87244968/

eddie wrote:It's supposedly 33 here tomorrow
It was very hot today too

nicko wrote:Hate this weather, can't sleep,   sweaty all the time.     I'd rather it was cold,at least you can put more clothes on.

Raggamuffin wrote:It's been soooooo hot for weeks now! It's OK if you don't have to work I suppose.

eddie wrote:We are experiencing a crappy summer about 75 today but it's been about 69 average!!

eddie wrote:I'm in the warmer part of the country Syl and it's not been "hot" here!
I don't even call 75 hot tbh

Ben Reilly wrote:Really, when we get back to 75-degree days here in Texas, people will start dressing differently, me included. You just have to dress differently when it gets that hot (103 today, got a few 104s coming up):

Ben Reilly wrote:Come on, the guy looks great. The thong and sandals are a bit formal perhaps, but maybe he's on his way to a business conference or a funeral.

eddie wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:Come on, the guy looks great. The thong and sandals are a bit formal perhaps, but maybe he's on his way to a business conference or a funeral.

Don't be stupid. He's obviously on his way to his mother's for a formal Tea. That thong is a Sunday thong. Look at the stitching.

Original Quill wrote:85° F today.  Shorts and t-shirt.

Handy Andy wrote:
Who is complaining  about an average '69'?
Is there such a thing?

eddie wrote:I'm chilly. I have my heating on, mind you, my back door is open too.  I'm kinda losing money and doing something unkind to the ozone, probably.

Ben Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:I'm chilly. I have my heating on, mind you, my back door is open too.  I'm kinda losing money and doing something unkind to the ozone, probably.

Could not CONTEMPLATE running the heater in August. That for you would be like turning on air conditioning in January.

(We sometimes have to do that in Texas.)

eddie wrote:It was 73 here and that's a good temp for this year.
Our weather has been awful this summer - really breezy and cloudy.

eddie wrote:I'm feeling the cold at the moment I think rags. Also the downstairs of my house is quite cold.

eddie wrote:I'm feeling the cold at the moment I think rags. Also the downstairs of my house is quite cold.

Raggamuffin wrote:

eddie wrote:I'm feeling the cold at the moment I think rags. Also the downstairs of my house is quite cold.

It's really warm here.

eddie wrote:You can really piss off with that!

Lord Foul wrote:

eddie wrote:You can really piss off with that!

wot?

eddie wrote:What the actual fuck????

eddie wrote:I'm chilly. I have my heating on, mind you, my back door is open too.  I'm kinda losing money and doing something unkind to the ozone, probably.