After two weeks of every-day-there-is-a-tornado-somewhere weather, the big subtropical ridge in the southeast is shifting to the west. This will shove the jet stream further north and re-position a lot of the moving pieces needed to create severe weather – ending the barrage. RECAP These numbers are preliminary, and are likely going to change. Plus, this data does not include… Read more →
Rick Smith, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the Norman, Oklahoma National Weather Service office is doing great things to help those that are struggling with Severe Weather Anxiety. In the clinical world, sometimes this is called Lilapsophobia. That is an abnormal fear of tornadoes or hurricanes. “There are different levels of severe storm anxiety,” Smith said. “You an have a… Read more →
Meteorologist are combing through the newest forecast data every six hours, while the latest cluster of storms plowing across the Atlantic Ocean continues to try to organize. Right now, the National Hurricane Center gives Invest 99-L a 10-percent chance of development during the next 48 hours and a 40-percent chance of development during the next five days. This may seem… Read more →
From the WPC: Widespread precipitation will continue across the southwestern corner of the Nation late this week as a deep upper trough edges southeastward towards northern Mexico and low-level winds ahead of the trough pump anomalous Pacific moisture inland. Orographic effects will help produce hefty totals along the upslope side of the terrain…and temperatures should be low enough to support… Read more →
We hope that you Bostononians are enjoying all of the snow. You dodged the “most” snow but still ended up with quite a bit. Here is the latest from the WPC and NOHRSC on snow totals: Here is a link to a text-only version of actual reports: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc2.html Compare that information to our forecast: While we weren’t perfect, we did… Read more →
