This is from the last time I got a chance to storm chase in Green Bay, Wisconsin. As you can see, I didn’t need to go far (my garage) to catch the winds! Later that afternoon/evening one storm rolled through and dropped a funnel just after sundown. Luckily it was on a storm moving over Lake Michigan and no one was injured.
But look at these winds!
Earlier today it looked like Parts of Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky would be battling isolated severe thunderstorms. Recently, the higher resolution computer weather models have leaned toward a far more isolated event. Current conditions show that colder air continues to erode away in the lower levels of the atmosphere. This will inhibit the production of severe storms in… Read more →
There are a few showers and some thunderstorms moving through the western tier of counties across the Texas panhandle this afternoon.
The area is lacking in low level moisture which means that light to moderate rain will be the most anyone will be able to squeeze out of the clouds. In fact, most places will end up getting nothing but virga (rain that evaporate before it hits the ground).
The main threats with any of these “storms” will be some rain, thunder and gusty to damaging winds.
Most will be moving at about 25 to 35mph from west to east.
Per the NWS:
Isolated gusty winds to 60 mph will be possible in mainly the western 3 tiers of panhandle counties late this afternoon. A broken line of showers and storms just moving into the panhandles from nm will encounter roughly 300-500 j/kg mlcape and 600-800 j/kg dcape and a modestly dry low lvl airmass. The main wind threat should end by around 8 pm.
It looks like another round of severe thunderstorms are headed toward the souther Ohio River Valley, parts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. Scenario As a cold front associated with an area of low pressure swings through the Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky area the threat for severe weather is possible. The bulk of the severe weather potential will be from Lexington, Kentucky… Read more →
Justin Cox with a great look at an EF-3…
