VIDEO: Explaining tornado formation during severe weather

If you’ve ever wondered how tornadoes form during a severe thunderstorm, now is your chance to learn! Here is the video lecture from GHY326 during the 2020 Spring Semester at USM. This 30-minutes video talks…

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Wx Info: Don’t use semi-trucks to shield smaller cars during severe weather

The title says it all. And yo umight be asking, “Nick, what are you even talking about?!“ And that is a great question. I turns out that someone has some pictures of some semi-trucks surrounding…

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NYE Severe threat timeline continues to hold

Radar coverage continues to show rain moving through the area and, so far, it remains as just regular rain and thunder. So far the severe weather threat hasn’t fully materialized for our area, which is…

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SPC monitoring parts of Louisiana, Mississippi for Watch

Things are just starting to pick up for the region. Latest from the SPC is that they are monitoring just west of our area (including perhaps some of our western counties – for a potential…

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12/31/20 9a update: Morning model guidance holding, forecast becoming more certain

There wasn’t much of a change between the overnight and mid morning data. That is good news. It means the model guidance is finally getting a good handle on things. Or it gave up. Ha!…

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12/31 early AM update: Severe weather potential remains for later today across Gulf Coast region

2020 going out with a bang, so to speak. Would you expect any less? Severe weather remains a possibility for later today across east Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle. It still looks…

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12/30 update: Gulf Coast faces severe risk NYE

Not much has changed regarding the potential for severe weather on New Year’s Eve. Instead, we are starting to get a better idea about how the severe weather threat will shake out as we are…

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New data gives more insight to NYE severe risk for Gulf Coast

As a professor, this is the type of weather event that I would probably use on a test. Because at first glance, and on paper, it looks like a guarantee for some severe weather. But…

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It’ll be a New Year’s Thunderstormin’ Eve for northern Gulf Coast

Now that we are getting to be about 72-96 hours out, data is starting to come into better agreement about the timeline and threats for the severe weather threat on New Year’s Eve for the…

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12/23/20 Quick Update: Overnight severe threat for South Mississippi

There is a bit too much info to pack into a facebook post, and my latest tweet leaves some room for elaboration… so I figured a blog update would have to suffice. There is still…

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