All Images, unless noted otherwise, are © K. Dewey
July
29, 2002, instead of clouds, a floating tire (hot air balloon) makes its
way across
the
Lincoln sky early in the morning.
July
28, 2002, a rainbow forms in the east sky on the southeast edge of Lincoln
following
a
passing shower that produced only 0.03 inches of water.
July
27, 2002, Despite the drought, the morning sunrise finds
fog
hovering near the ground in rural
southeast Lincoln.
Photo
courtesy of Gregg Hutchison. A giant wall cloud passes over
Ravenna,
Nebraska on July 24, 2002. The entire cloud was rotating, hence
the
banded appearance.
July
22, 2002, a full moon rises over the countryside on the southeast edge
of Lincoln.
July
22, 2002, while the full moon rises in the southeast sky, the northwest
sky
is
painted red by the sun that had just set. The top of the state capitol
building
can
be seen in the right center of the photo taken from far southeast Lincoln.
July
21, 2002, clouds move into Lincoln (looking northwest from far southeast
Lincoln)
late
in the evening providing promise of substantial rain.
Unfortunately,
there were only a few sprinkles.
July 21,
2002, 27th and Hwy 2 in Lincoln. The official temperature, at the
airport,
was 104
F, the hottest day of the year. Why does this bank thermometer read
114 F.
Two reasons,
bank thermometers are not always accurate and,
the heat
from the surrounding black top parking lot helps to provide extra heating
raising
the temperature more than where it is measured at the airport.
The airport
measurement is over a grassy surface west of the runways.
July 19,
2002, far southeast Lincoln. Lincoln's first 100 F day since last year
and with parched soil we look
more like
a desert than a grassland region. A tent, being held up by a fork
lift helps
provide
shade for workers with heat Indices reaching 110 F in the area.
July 17,
2002, a single thunderstorm formed just southeast of Lincoln in mid
afternoon.
It produced a brief downpour about 40 miles SE of Lincoln
and knowing
its a drought, promptly dissipated as temperatures soared
into the
upper 90's F.
July 17,
2002, 5:42 AM CDST, 19 minutes before sunrise looking east
from southeast
Lincoln.
Home
of the Nebraska Weather and Climate
Web
Site, LW Chase Hall, east campus of
The
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
July 12,
2002. About 30 minutes after sunset, 9:30 PM CDST
and a partially
illuminated moon and a star to the left of
the moon
are visible in the sky over southeast Lincoln.
CLICK
HERE to see a larger image (the dark part
of the moon
is visible
if you look carefully and your monitor is higher resolution).
Photographed
on July 11, 2002, just after sunset
in far north Lincoln.
The sun,
although below the horizon is still shining on the tops of some of the
clouds.
The clouds
were coming in from the north heralding the arrival of some cool Canadian
air.
Photographed
on July 9, 2002 in southeast Lincoln.
The sun
sets behind a line of storms moving southeast across Nebraska.
Unfortunately,
by the time they reached Lincoln on the morning of July 10,
the precipitation
amounts were negligible.
Photographed
on July 7, 2002 just west of Lincoln.
The drought
in Southeast Nebraska is readily evident in the brown grass
in the
media and along the shoulders of the Interstate.
Photographed
on July 6, 2002 in southeast Lincoln.
Cumulus
clouds entered Lincoln from the south and brought needed rain to the city.
This was
the first measurable rain in 18 days, following the
driest
June in recorded history for Lincoln (116 years of data).
Cumulus
clouds began to gather and rain finally moved into Southeast
Nebraska
late Saturday afternoon, July 6, 2002.
This
ended a 17 day period without measurable rain.
July
4th fireworks 2002 looking NW 5 miles toward the Holmes Lake display.
July 2, 2002. An early
summer sunset in southeast Lincoln.
Although there has been no measurable
rain for weeks, humid air from
Texas (where it has rained 18
inches since the weekend near San Antonio)
has reached into our area increasing
cloud cover and causing this red sunset.
July 1, 2002. A few dark
clouds roll across the southeast edge of Lincoln.
July 1, 2002. A few dark
clouds roll across the southeast edge of Lincoln.
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