In a recent study from Scientific North America Journal of Science a group of geologists linked southern plains and southeast shower times to tornado frequency. In a quote from the findings: The longer people shower the more water vapor escapes into the atmosphere. And water vapor leads to more thunderstorm activity. The idea is that with the population continuing to… Read more →
Now that the storm system has made it ashore across California, it is being sampled by weather balloons launched by the National Weather Service. That new data is being fed into the morning and mid-day models giving meteorologists a much better picture about what may – or may not – develop for Sunday. Model guidance given the new data has… Read more →
As an arctic air mass settles south during the day on Sunday it will spawn showers and storms along the leading edge. The showers and storms along the front may be strong to severe. Depending on how storms orient along the front, where the area of surface low pressure forms, and how storm motions arrange, the tornado threat may be… Read more →
Sunday a strong cold front will sweep through Mississippi ushering in much colder air. Along the leading edge of the cold air, showers and storms will develop with the potential for severe weather, too. Generally, when strong cold fronts push into warm, moist air masses, storms occuer. So far this winter Mississippi has been lucky. Despite a mild – to… Read more →
It wouldn’t be the Mardi Gras season unless we were talking about parades, right? Well, Mother Nature is celebrating with a parade of her own. And each system – like different floats in a parade – will have something different to throw out at the Gulf Coast. Over the next week, there will be a parade of storms across the… Read more →
