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Mesoscale Discussion 1872, severe thunderstorms possible for Northeastern United States

Mesoscale Discussion 1872, severe thunderstorms possible for Northeastern United States

A Severe Thunderstorm watch is likely across the northeastern United States. According to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center, the cumulus field is deepening over higher terrain of upstate New York where surface temperatures have warmed into the upper 80s. Destabilization will continue over the next few hours leading to the potential for severe thunderstorms from Albany, New York… Read more →

Tropical Storm Humberto continues gaining strength (...with notes and fun facts)

Tropical Storm Humberto continues gaining strength (…with notes and fun facts)

Well, not really. But it’s not like The Weather Channel has anything else to talk about, right? And frankly, neither do we. For the most part the Lower 48 is quite docile weatherwise. There is the risk of strong storms in the Northeast. It’s still hot across the Midwest. And temperatures are rising across the Pacific Northwest. But, not much… Read more →

Tropical Storm Humberto might be first hurricane

This morning the National Hurricane Center upgraded the tropical depression off the coast of Africa to Tropical Storm Humberto. Currently Humberto is moving west at 12mph with winds at 40mph. The latest projections from the NHC have Humberto forming as the first hurricane in the next 48 hours. In fact, current projections point to the 2am advisory on Wednesday, September… Read more →

May 31, El Reno tornado breakdown

Fantastic breakdown of the El Reno tornado. I’m not sure how long this took to put together but MAJOR respect to Skip Talbot for taking the time to offer his perspective. I was on this storm, too. Pulled from the above video, here is a look at my position relative to the tornadoes position. As you can see, I was… Read more →