After two weeks of every-day-there-is-a-tornado-somewhere weather, the big subtropical ridge in the southeast is shifting to the west. This will shove the jet stream further north and re-position a lot of the moving pieces needed…
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Saying “It is colder than Antarctica” about the weather is silly, here is why
I’ve seen a handful of news outlets reporting that Chicago, Minneapolis and International Falls are “Colder than Antarctica!” and “Colder than Mars!” I’m not making this up, either. As if exclaiming that the “Polar Vortex…
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Rick Smith helps those with Severe Weather Anxiety
Rick Smith, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the Norman, Oklahoma National Weather Service office is doing great things to help those that are struggling with Severe Weather Anxiety. In the clinical world, sometimes this is…
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The SPC issues Moderate Risk for Severe Weather Tuesday for Plains
From the SPC: DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1255 AM CDT MON APR 25 2016 VALID 261200Z – 271200Z …THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF…
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Southern Plains, Mid-South & Gulf Coast face severe weather threat by midweek
As an area of low pressure strengthens coming out of the Rockies and slides northeast from Colorado to Wisconsin, it will swing a cold front across the Southern Plains, Mid-South and Gulf Coast Wednesday and…
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Groundhog Day severe weather forecast
Looking at the latest model data as well as the trends, it appears that the chance for showers, storms and some severe weather appears to be right on track with previous forecasts – with a…
WX Info: The Great Burp of 2015
If you caught my weathercast earlier this week, you may have heard me taking about the ‘burp’ or pocket of warm air that was going to be headed this way. Well today, that burp is…
Giant tornado-blocking walls would fail
I know, I know. You’re all shocked.Apparently those giant tornado killers would only spawn different tornadoes and landspouts in other areas. Oh, and turn the midwest into a desert. Brice Evan Coffer just published a…
Severe Weather Breakdown – 4/12/14
Update (4/12/14 2:20): It looks like the threat for severe weather is shifting north as we move through the day. Here is the latest look at the RAP for the composite reflectivity at 8pm. Notice…
SPC updates today’s tornado threat
The Storm Prediction Center has “upped” the threat for tornadoes across Kentucky, Ohio and a sliver of West Virginia this afternoon.
