SUNDAY with CM, July 15, 2012

Haiku by Robert Stone for July 15, 2012:

Life demands more life.
Beauty unseen and untouched
never knows decay.

-1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day 306, in progress

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Countdowns

• 16 days $40,000 for Mary's House See: Mary's House drive surpasses $10,000 of $40,000 goal!
• It's 25 Days Until Adair County District Schools for the first day of School for students, Wednesday, August 8, 2012. 2012-2013 Adair Co. School Calendar

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WEATHER: Columbia, KY/NWS Weather Forecast: SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012

Hazardous Weather Outlook. Issued at 4:06amET, Sunday for Sunday, July 15, 2012
"TODAY AND TONIGHT. A tropical airmass across the region today will continue to bringscattered storms to the region. The main threats from these stormsagain will be locally heavy rainfall...Cloud to ground lightningand gusty winds. Minor flooding problems could arise in areas thatsee repeated thunderstorms.." - NWS.

For information on Hazardous Weather, if any, click to Hazardous Weather

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

Today - Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 10am and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight - Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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 Writers and Their Books - Tom Chaney: An Island at the Center of the World
• Billy Joe Fudge: Local History - Kentucky Color - Antioch School around 1940
• Chuck Hinman: Reminiscence - Chuck Hinman: Saturday Night Live From Wymore, Nebraska. Memories of anticipation and participation in a tradition a lot of us knew a few decades ago: The weekly trip to town
• Carol Perkins: Humor/Advice - Carol Perkins: OOPs.

This story was posted on 2012-07-15 04:23:09