SUNDAY with CM, October 14, 2012

Haiku by Robert Stone for October 14, 2012:

To see seasons change
one must always without fail
live in the moment.

--Robert Stone, Sunday, 14 October 2012.
-1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day 397, in progress

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WEATHER for today from National Weather Service:

Hazardous Weather
Special Weather Statement issued at 4:03amET, Sunday, October 14, 2012:
"...SEVERE WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY...

"A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH....WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH DEVELOPING BY MID MORNING. GUSTS OF 35 TO PERHAPS 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS.

"IN ADDITION TO THE GUSTY WINDS...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT WEST OF THE REGION AND TRACK EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

"STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. "

The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. This forecast from update at 4:15amCT, Sunday, October 15, 2012

Today -Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight - Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4am, then isolated showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind 7 to 17 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. .

For complete current National Weather Service forecast: Click to National Weather Service for Columbia, KY

The Kentucky Mesonet is The Commonwealth's Official Source for Weather and Climate Data.
Mesonet stations are live in: Adair - Casey - Cumberland - Metcalfe - Taylor

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Quick links to Sunday with CM Columns - plus some - your comments welcome on editorial choices - added since Sunday, but appropriate to Sunday with CM, items:
direct links to articles, columns, poems and/or photos possibly with other important links, are posted next:

• Tom Chaney: Of Authors and Their Books - Tom Chaney: Playing for Pizza
• Billy Joe Fudge: Nature - Kentucky Color: The harvest
• Chuck Hinman: Reminiscences - Chuck Hinman: IJMA 102 - My Earliest Remembrance
• Mike Watson: History - John Eubank and the Historic Adair County Courthouse

This story was posted on 2012-10-14 04:47:13