Tag: severe weather
No two springs are ever the same, especially on the Plains with one year too wet, another too dry, too hot and this year, too dry and cool. As your probably well aware, the great plains is home to some of the most dramatic, diverse and extreme weather on the planet. Geography and position within […]
The Storm Prediction Center issued a HIGH RISK area for south Georgia extending into South Carolina during yesterday’s latest severe weather outbreak. This appears to be the earliest 3rd high risk issuance in any year. Back in 2006 a 3rd was issued but on April 7 not 5th. Preliminary storm reports on SPC overlay from yesterday. At least 9 filtered […]
It seems that day after day, severe thunderstorms are sweeping the Southern US. Just two days ago, several large and damaging tornadoes swept the South and today, that same area hit hardest Monday, is under a moderate risk again today. Within the 48 hours between Sun-Mon, some 31 tornadoes was reported. A robust squall line […]
UPDATE: SPC has issued a PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) Original Post We have a dangerous setup on the Plains today! Juicy air already in place as southerly flow and increases along with daytime heating. Projected highs this afternoon. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Cold air sliding over very warm, moist air leads to incredible CAPE values. Another system follows […]
NHC has declared Tropical Storm Ana off the Carolina coast. This system is expected to drift towards the coast through the weekend with biggest impacts being coastal gales, flooding rainfall and beach erosion. As of the 5am advisory, Ana is a 1004mb, 45 mph subtropical storm. Ana is in no hurry, moving at only 1 […]
Moore, Oklahoma is hit yet again!! Less than 2 years since the devastating EF5 which killed 24 back in May, 2013 and within one of the quietest opens to a severe weather season in US history. Scenes from Moore, OK yesterday… Over 43,000 lightning strikes recorded on the Plains yesterday! Tornadoes in or near Moore, Oklahoma […]
We have a busy week of weather coming up with a system crossing the country. The SPC has issued a fairly large ‘moderate risk’ area for severe weather tomorrow over the Midwest and so we’ll need to watch this situation closely in the next 2-3 days. Of course the tropics appear to be stirring southwest […]
While folks in suburban Dallas access damage from yesterday’s severe weather, some folks in western Nebraska and southwest South Dakota woke this morning to snow on the ground and chilly temps. Courtesy of another strong Pacific storm diving into the Southwest US, we’ve seen a wild past few days with huge temperature contrasts, flooding rain, severe weather and even […]
We have a wild pattern currently in place across the continent with twin troughs, both of which are bringing SNOW while we’ve a strong, toasty ridge in between which pumped 90s up as far as Kansas yesterday. Unfortunately the powerful upper low/trough which barrelled through the Southwest yesterday, bringing Las Vegas it’s first trace of rain in 57 days […]
We have some severe weather out there this afternoon and this should go on through tonight before easing down tomorrow. The weekend to me still looks ripe for severe weather as a more significant trough dives into the Four Corners with all the ingredients coming together for what’s likely to be the first big outbreak […]
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