Windy, warm today; two chances of precip this week

 WARMEST DAY of the week today; but after a cool down mid-week, warmer air returns Thursday.

TWO chances for precip this week I'll be watching:

WEDNESDAY: Timing uncertain, could begin mid/late morning, but chances will remain all the way into Wednesday overnight. Not so concerned with severe potential for this one at the moment.

FRIDAY: Toward the afternoon/evening, thunderstorms could fire along a cold front stretching through our area. I'll be watching this one more closely this week for severe weather threat.

(Here's an early look at Friday's Severe Weather Outlook; image 2).

-Greg@660weather

Drexel Prom royalty crowned

 

Congratulations to the 2025 Prom King and Queen: Mason Jackson and Holly Yager

Courtesy DHS Bobcats

Pink Moon tonight and tomorrow night

 

April's full moon, known as the Pink Moon or Paschal Moon, will rise tonight, April 12.

It will reach peak illumination at 8:22 p.m. EDT (0022 GMT on April 13).

More details: https://www.beautyofplanet.com/aprils-full-pink-moon.../

Toasty warm tomorrow

 WELL, I hope you enjoyed Spring.

KIDDING. There's more Spring weather on the way for sure, but it'll feel more summery tomorrow.

MOST OF US will hold into 85-87 degrees (red) for Sunday afternoon, but a few areas could get to 90 or very close tomorrow.

No joke!

-Greg@660weather

Friday night ball scores

Baseball 

Sherwood 9
Archie 4

RayPec 12
Archie 11

Nevada 11
Harrisonville 4

Liberal 6
Midway 8

Smith-Cotton 8
Nevada 2

Sherwood 7
Ray-Pec 10

Softball 

Lamar 9
Butler 7

Miami/Drexel 3
Hume 13

Archie 6
Leeton 17

Track meet results: Butler Bears travel to Holden

 The Butler high school track team travelled to Holden to compete in what turned out to be the second large-school meet of the week with the schools involved were mostly of class 3 and 4 sizes. The weather and track conditions were nearly perfect in the evening, and the Bears took advantage of the conditions by winning 8 medals (6 gold) with 14 personal records, two new school records, and four other marks that were also nearly school records.

Below are the results of Butler athletes that finished in the top 8 to score points for the team or set a person record.

Courtesy Butler High School

Vernon county Sheriff's Office assists with runner from Kansas

Early this morning, Linn County Ks was involved in a traffic stop which led to a high speed pursuit through their county, Bourbon County Ks ,and into Vernon County. Vernon county sheriff's office along with Nevada Police department were able to deploy stop sticks puncturing the suspects tires where he ended the vehicle pursuit. The subject fled on foot and we were able to apprehend him. The subject was transported to the Vernon county sheriff's office to be held for extradition to Kansas.

Courtesy Vernon County Sheriff's Office

Butler Bear Brandon Hammett sets two records at Holden

Congratulations to Brandon Hammett for setting TWO school records last night at the Holden meet- he improved his 1600m record to 4:32.62 and his 3200m record to 9:51.95.

He also just missed out on the 800m school record by 0.45 seconds!

Courtesy Butler Bear XC & Track