Tuesday, July 03, 2012
DERECHO...
Friday's storm, which only glanced south-west Ohio, was a derecho (deh-REY-cho). Who knew?
In meteorological terms, a derecho is a noun used to describe an intense and long-lived series of straight-line winds often associated with fast-moving thunderstorms. It must cover an area of at least 240 miles with wind gusts of at least 58 mph.
Friday's storm went 450 miles from Indiana, across Ohio and into West Virginia, racing across that space in just six hours. Peak wind gusts included 91 mph at the Fort Wayne, Indiana airport and 78 mph in northwest Ohio.
There are thousands of people in central Ohio still without electricity.
There are thousands of people in central Ohio still without electricity.
The 2011 collapse of a stage at the Indiana State Fair that killed seven was caused by a derecho, according to the science Web site Earthsky.org.
The wind blew down a few dead limbs from our trees.
South of us, limbs were tangled in the electric lines.
The wind blew down a few dead limbs from our trees.
South of us, limbs were tangled in the electric lines.
The new rain gauge measured .3 of an inch of rain... not nearly enough to make up the four inch deficit.
We have had six days in a row of temperatures above 90 degrees and are to expect the same through Saturday evening...
Stay cool!
Be safe over the Fourth!
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# posted by Martha @ 8:28 PM 
