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Article Review: Ranking of Tornado Outbreaks across the United States and Their Climatological Characteristics

With nearly 1700 tornadoes confirmed, 2011 was one of the most prolific years for tornadoes in the United States. This ranked the second highest annual total since 1950. Also, with 553 casualties, it was the deadliest tornado year since 1936. The majority of these fatalities occurred during outbreaks, a group of tornadoes associated with a single synoptic-scale weather system. Outbreaks… Read more →

Review: Visualizing Multiple Measures of Forecast Quality

Review: Visualizing Multiple Measures of Forecast Quality

If you’ve been following along, I post reviews of scientific articles on Tuesday’s and Friday’s so take a look at what I found in reading, “Visualizing Multiple Measures of Forecast Quality by Paul J. Roebber from the University of Wisconsin. Enjoy! Overview: As the modern technology of today continues to grow, people are always seeking to have the most accurate… Read more →

Clear 4th of July, but It’ll Cost You

Happy Independence Day Eve! I’m back to bring you a look into this evening as well as what to expect as we move through this holiday week. Tonight: Luckily it looks like our rain has since left the southeastern region of Mississippi but still remains heading toward Natchez and the Louisiana border. We will have some mild overcast tonight as… Read more →

If It Ain’t One Thing, Then It’s Another and Lightning Never Conducts Itself (July 2nd, 2018 forecast)

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Good afternoon y’all! I’m your intern Noah with the forecast for the rest of your week! So, the elephant in the room is “what’s the weather for July 4th?” Well, to be completely honest it’s going to be a toss-up. We have the rest of the back-end front coming in by July 3rd, but there always is that slight chance… Read more →