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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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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12/30 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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Year End severe weather threat for Gulf Coast may last two days

This may be a multi-day event for some places. That means one round of storms one day, and then perhaps another round of storms in the same spo the next day.

Low-end severe threat for Gulf Coast Dec 23rd/24th

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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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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