Ticker for September 2, 1998

                
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Interesting Mesonet Feature

Where near-surface soil moisture is adequate, a larger percentage of
incoming solar radiation may be used as latent heat (evaporative
processes) vs. sensible heat.  The Mesonet high temperatures suggest
that process today:

As of 3:00 pm, these were today's average Mesonet high temperatures:

At sites receiving at least 0.10" rainfall in the last 24 hours:  93.6 F
At sites receiving no rainfall in the last 24 hours:              96.2 F