The climate in western Texas and western Oklahoma can be pretty awful when itwants to be. In Midland, Texas, for instance, there hasn't been a drop of rainsince June 1, 22 days have been above 100 degrees and the highest temperaturewas 111.The extremely hot, dry weather through this part of the country can beattributed to the jet stream which has stayed pretty far north the past four orfive weeks. This has kept cool fronts away which spelled curtains for any rain.
Kocet's Corner
July 7, 2011 at 8:10PM
Plus the drought situation meant the sun cWeather HeadlinesThu, 07 Jul 2011 14:18:45 ESTIWS0Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:03:31 ESTKocet's CornerFriday, these ingredients will exist across much of the eastern part of thecountry producing an array of thunderstorms from Florida to Pennsylvania. Thestorms won't hit everybody, but rain can come down in buckets where they do.These quick bursts of rain can produce ponding of water in low-lying areas thatdon't drain well. These are the things people try to drive through and getthemselves into trouble by doing so.
Though these storms are not the type to produce powerful winds and tornadoesthey will cause plenty of cloud-to-ground lightning. You've heard me say itbefore... Lightning is dangerous and it does kill people. Treat it withrespect.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.
