PBS presented a fantastic documentary on Tetsuya Fujita – the man behind the Fujita scale. For those who are curious, “Ted” Fujita moved to the United States from Japan. And used his background in engineering…
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Hurricane Zeta: South Mississippi tornado threat update
Alright guys, I ran the Karrie Meter map numbers and I wanted to share an update about The tornado risk through about midnight tonight for the area. Fir things’ first, though, let’s get the latest…
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Video: Storm chaser Mike Olbinski shares a TON of amazing storm footage
Vorticity 3 (4K) from Mike Olbinski on Vimeo. The video really needs zero introduction. However, some background. Mike is a fantastic photographer and videographer. Sure, he is a great storm chaser, too. But man, oh…
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La Nina Watch posted: What it could mean for the Atlantic Hurricane Season and 2020-2021 Winter
That’s right, friends. While I will spend some time talking about La Niña and the hurricane Season, I also posted a “deep tease” about the upcoming winter. Two reasons. The first, I think most of…
6/6/20 Tropical Storm Cristobal update: Still moving north, landfall Sunday night
The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Tropical Storm Cristobal as it moves north toward the Louisiana coastline. The forecast landfall will occur Sunday afternoon or evening. It is predicted to make landfall as a…
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Karrie Meter now 2-for-2 this summer, 3-for-3 unlikely
Tuesday I wrote about trying out the Karrie Meter on the storms for Wednesday. Turned out alright. A reminder, the Karrie Meter looked like this: And here is a look at the number of Severe…
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Karrie Meter tries out summer forecast…. “Round 2: Fight!”
The Karrie Meter isn’t often run in the Summer. In fact, up until last Friday, I’d never used it for the summer because whenever I ran the numbers for the spot forecasts, it never seemed…
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4/22/19: More potential severe weather for Gulf Coast
It looks like there is a chance for another round of severe weather tonight and into Thursday morning for Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Yup. More. via GIPHY Yeah, dude. Who ever you are. (anyone know…
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Mississippi faces “Moderate – Level 4” severe risk Sunday
Remember back in December and January when it just kept raining. Just raining and raining and raining. And we all complained, in Mississippi, ‘where is the sun?” we asked. I will never complain about repetitive…
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South Mississippi April 19 severe weather update
It may feel like Groundhog Day in a sense. Severe weather is again looking like a possibility as we head through Sunday afternoon and evening across the Pine Belt. But there are some differences between…
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