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It’s official, we have had the first tornado watch of the year on January 20, 2010. There were reports of several waterspouts and a tornado in California just yesterday. Today there has been one preliminary tornado report in Southern Louisiana. Tornado watch #2 has been recently issued for NW LA, NE TX, and SE OK.

Tornado warned NW of KSHV (Shreveport, LA).

I have revamped my GRlevel3 reflectivity palette and I can’t seem to find anything that I like better. It’s brighter than many hi def resolutions on GRlevelxstuff.com. The color also keeps close to the DBZ color pallet used by the NWS, COD, and several other radar sources. I have made this palette available to you below for download. You can manipulate it to the colors you would like or just use it as is. I have made several tries at a color palette that I like, and this one tops my list.

Download color palette here.

Its really nice not having to mess with downtown traffic these last few years. Sitting on the porch and watching the fireworks show about 1/4 mile away, eating popcorn and taking pictures.
This years show I think was the best show that Kentwood has put on since I have lived here. Also creating an atmospheric delight that added to the show was the almost full moon. I was concerned that the clouds would have blocked the moon but as the show start there were enough breaks in the clouds.

These are in no particular order just wanted to post them. Images are not full quality for loading purposes, they are as close as i could get them.

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