The first Day 1 SPC outlook is available for the Wednesday night / Thursday morning severe weahter threat. And the SPC bumped up the risk a level. Model data show that there may be a…
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Tag: Tornadoes
Mr. Tornado – an American Experience film
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…
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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Tropical Storm Cristobal continues trek toward Louisiana, Mississippi
Dry air to the rescue! Cristobal continues to move north across the Gulf of Mexico but is also interacting with a lot of dry air and a little bit of shear. That is limiting its…
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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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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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Easter Sunday Gulf Coast severe weather update
As the model data continues to trickle in, the potential for some significant severe weather across parts of the Mid-South and Southeast is looking more likely. A lot of people are saying a “severe weather…
