East End Events End Events - June 4, 2019
Life in eastern Kiowa County, Colordo, as reported by Sharon Scott.
More thunderstorms Tuesday - Kiowa County weather forecast – June 4, 2019
More thunderstorms are possible for Kiowa County Tuesday, though with a lower expectation for severe storms.
High temperatures will be a few degrees cooler than Monday, reaching the mid-80s for most areas under mostly sunny skies.
There is a 20 percent chance of afternoon thunderstorms, increasing to a 30-40 percent chance Tuesday night. While less than 0.1 inches of rain is expected for most areas, thunderstorms could produce locally heavier amounts. Thunderstorms that do form could produce hail up to one inch in diameter as well as wind gusts to 60 miles per hour.
Another active day - Kiowa County weather forecast – June 3, 2019
More thunderstorms with large hail, wind gusts to 60 mph, and tornado potential return to southeast Colorado Monday.
About Town – June 3, 2019
Life in Eads and Kiowa County, Colorado, as observed by Doris Lessenden.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meets this week in La Junta
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will discuss the 2019 Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area Management Plan, State Forest State Park Draft Management Plan, 2019 - 2020 OHV Grant Recommended Funding, updated Commission policies for fisheries (Gold Medal waters, High Lake Stocking, Whirling Disease), Natural Areas Program overview and board nominations, Mule Deer Strategy (progress to date), factors influencing elk recruitment and elk response to outdoor recreation activity at its June meeting.
Large hail, damaging winds, tornado potential: eastern Colorado under a severe thunderstorm watch Sunday
Severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for most of eastern Colorado and southeast Wyoming until 8:00 p.m. MDT June 2, 2019.
Severe storms Sunday - Kiowa County weather forecast for June 2, 2019
Sunday’s temperatures across Kiowa County will be largely similar to Saturday, however the chances for showers and severe thunderstorms are expected to increase, especially Sunday evening.
The day will start with partly sunny skies and south wind in the 10-15 mile per hour range. High temperatures in the low 80s are expected, though far western Kiowa County may be a few degrees warmer.
ICYMI – articles from the week ending June 1, 2019
Articles from the Kiowa County, Colorado, Press for the week ending June 1, 2019
The economic cost of devastating hurricanes and other extreme weather events is even worse than we thought
With hurricane season comes the usual efforts by insurance companies and government agencies to calculate the economic costs. An economist explains how they're doing it wrong.
A radical idea to get a high-renewable electric grid: Build way more solar and wind than needed
Solar and wind can't deliver power on demand. But overbuilding solar and wind, and simply dumping unneeded energy, would go a long way to smoothing out those bumps, study finds.
