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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Extreme Weather Today

It will not be a huge risk out there today.Winds seem tho be the biggest threat topping 60mph in thunderstorms but not by much.This is todays average wind map.(Not including thunderstorm winds)Just thought I would point out that the winds above 7,000 feet in that area of the slight risk.This explains why tornadoes will not be likely.Here are the NWS maps for today.As you can see,hail is a low threat due to the winds I went over.

Travel Weather Today


Green= minor delays
Blue=heavier delays
   

The slight risk area will have heavy delays.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

A complete EXTREME WEATHER TODAY forecast will not be put out today and neither will the Travel Weather Nation due to technical difficulties.





Overall threat
tornado threat(At this point it is higher than (usual)
wind threat
hail threat



All of this threat might have a northward expansion if the jet steam wind increase just by a little.



                                                       

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

List of new features

This is a list of new features I will be putting up.Each one will be put up at least once a day.
Worldcast:Forecast for any part of the world
Extreme Weather Today (EWT):Explains the extreme weather possible today across the nation.
Travel Weather Nation (TWN)Travel weather across the nation.Including cars and planes.

WORLDCAST:Would you like to know a forecast for any country

Worldcast:
world weather forecast
Would you like to know a forecast for any part of the world?Just ask in the comments.

OFFICIAL 2012-2013 WINTER FORECAST

THE OFFICIAL 2012-2013
WINTER
FORECAST





To start off with,the eastern part of the country will have above normal snowfall.Let me show you why.


As you can see,every model except the GGEM ensembles show a trend of a negative NAO.Here is the PNA model trends:The PNA worries me because only the GFS shows a positive PNA and only for a short time.Here is my snowfall map.
GREEN:SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE
RED:ABOVE AVERAGE
WHITE:BELOW AVERAGE
BLUE:AVERAGE

Great Lakes:They will have above normal snowfall because of a stronger NW winds and more of the Greenland block occurring.The main snow threat will be Lake Effect.
Plains:This area will have a blocking low in the area.The most likely time for snowfall will be December.
Northeast:Normal snowfall will fall but the Jet Stream will not be as common.The most snowfall will be by big lakes.
Northwest:Wet snow will be the main threat do to slightly above normal temps.
Southeast:Ice storms more than normal.Up to 1.5 inches by end of winter.

Monday, October 15, 2012

A major reconstruction of the site will be taking place in the next 24 hours.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

I am issuing a BLIZZARD WARNING for the following counties in Minnesota:
 WEST MARSHAL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
And the following in North Dakota:
PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
EATERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

                                                        A MAJOR SNOWSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS                    AREA DUMPING SNOW IN EXESS OF 1 FOOT WITH DRIFTING SNOW ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11:30 AM THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL 1:00 AM FRIDAY MORNING DUE TO EXTREME DRIFTING SNOW.DRIFTS WILL BE IN EXESS OF 19 INCHES ON THE CANADA BORDER WITH DRIFTS UP TO 14 INCHES ELSEWHERE IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

2012-2013 winter forecast!!

The 2012-13 winter forecast has finally come.First,I would like to say the east and northeast will have the most snowfall.The Great Lakes will have at least one major snowstorm that will likely be caused do to Lake effect snow.Lake effect snow will be a big part of the winter in the great lakes and that will be caused by a positive NAO,faster more common NW wind,west based El Nino which helps snow in the east,greenland block which helps major snowstorms,and a positive PNA which was the key role in the Chicago blizzard.This is why I think the great lakes will have a major Lake effect snow blizzard this year.Moving on to the rest of the country,it will be mild in the northwest with a few slush snowstorms,possible snow drought in the rocky mountains,above normal snow in the midwest,average snow in the pacific mountains average temps and wet.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon died today at age 82 from cardiovascular complications.
Winter forecast postponed until noon tomorrow.
Winter forecast comes out at noon!!!

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

The official timing for the 2012-13 winter weather forecast will be August 25 (this Saturday) at 12:00pm.This is the NOT OFFICIAL WINTER WEATHER FORECAST.THE REAL ONE WILL BE POSTED WITH THE NEWEST UPDATES ON NOVEMBER 1.I know it is a very late winter forecast but I want to have the newest weather data for the official one.The one on Saturday might be just as long and detailed as the November 1 forecast except it is further out.
Winter forecast is almost done.Just going to finish it with my friend Mark tomorrow.Just a reminder it comes out the 25.Sorry I haven't been posting as much as I said I would but I have been working on the winter forecast.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Are there any towns around the world you wants to know a forecast for. Just comment.

Friday, August 17, 2012

Moderate risk for rip currents on Indiana and Michigan shorelines.Wave 4-9 feet and winds 15-20kn.Temperature 72 degrees at the lake front. Partly sunny skies with lake effect rain showers in Michigan.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

I am going to start doing a forecast for towns around the globe.If you know someone around the globe or is traveling around the globe, every Saturday morning I will post something that says to start commenting and you comment any city around the globe and I will get you its forecast for the week ahead.You can also comment a city in the US if you live there.

Very close footage of Tuscaloosa tornado.

Tuscaloosa Tornado 4.27.11 -- ORIGINAL AUDIO - YouTube
With the changes, I will be, along with my normal types of posting like forecast also be doing things like facts about weather and climate so here are some I found1. The fastest speed a falling raindrop can hit you is 18mph.
2. During a hurricane, 90% of the people who die end up dying from drowning.
3. The coldest temperature ever recorded was a negative 126.9 degrees fahrenheit in Vostok Station, Antarctica.
4. Between evaporation and falling as precipitation, a droplet of water may travel thousands of miles.
5. The typical lifetime of a small cumulus cloud is between 10 to 15 minutes.
6. A corn field of one acre gives of 4,000 gallons off water per day in evaporation.
7. A molecule of water will stay in Earth’s atmosphere for an average duration of 10-12 days.
8. Snowflakes falling at 2-4 mph can take about 1 hr to reach the ground.
9. For each minute of the day, 1 billion tons of rain falls on the Earth.
10. At any given time, on average there are about 1800 thunderstorms occurring on earth with 100 lightning strikes per second.
11. Lightning bolts can travel 60 miles.
12. A lightning bolt travels at about 14,000mph and brings 300,000 volts of electricity to the ground.
13. The air located around a lightning bolt is heated to around 30,000 degrees Celsius. This is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.
14. The chances of being struck by lightning is about one in three million.
15. The largest hailstone ever recorded in the United States was nearly the size of a soccer ball. It was a 7-inch wide chunk of ice.
16. Lightning sets about 10,000 forest fires every year in the United States.
17. In one day a hurricane can release enough energy to supply all of the nation’s electrical needs for about six months.
18. The highest temperature ever recorded in the United States was 134 degrees F at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California.
19. In 1899, it was so cold that the Mississippi River froze over its entire length.
20. The United States uses an estimated 10 million tons of salt each year to melt ice on the roads.
21. A cubic mile of ordinary fog contains less than a gallon of water.
22. An inch of rain water is equivalent to 15 inches of dry, powdery snow.
23. Every year in the US, 625 people are struck by lightning.
24. The average width of a tornado’s funnel averages about 100 to 200 yards but may be as wide as a mile.
A lot of wind and hail reports in southern ILL/IN and northern MO.Almost all of them are more than 65 mph and 1.25 inches.I am going to start devoting a lot more of my time to this blog so  a lot of changes are coming including a new format,new features or more updated features and a tone more posts.Have a nice evening!!
Severe weather moving close to Illinois/Indiana border early this morning.If any warning/watches are issued I will post.There will be an overlook of the damage at the end of the day.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Here is the NWS severe weather outlook.


 ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE MIDWEST/MIDDLE MS
   RIVER VALLEY/OZARKS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN AMPLIFIED LONGWAVE PATTERN WILL PERSIST OVER THE CONUS INTO
   THURSDAY. THIS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY A DEEP/EXTENSIVE
   LONGWAVE TROUGH CENTERED OVER EAST-CENTRAL CANADA AND THE GREAT
   LAKES REGION...TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF A BROAD UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
   WESTERN/SOUTHERN CONUS.
   
   ...MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES REGION AND MIDDLE MS VALLEY/OZARKS...
   THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE EAST-CENTRAL CANADA LONGWAVE TROUGH IS
   EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY AND SPREAD EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD OVER
   THE GREAT LAKES REGION/MIDWEST ON THURSDAY. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
   WILL MAKE A STEADY EASTWARD PROGRESSION ACROSS MUCH OF THE
   REGION...WITH A SLOWER/MORE SOUTHEASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT
   ACROSS THE OZARKS AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. THAT SAID...IT SEEMS LIKELY
   THAT THE COLD FRONT WILL BE EFFECTIVELY AUGMENTED BY EARLY DAY
   PRECIPITATION/POSSIBLE RESIDUAL OUTFLOW AND CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE
   UPPER MS VALLEY AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES VICINITY. ESPECIALLY FOR
   AREAS SUCH AS LOWER MI...THESE FACTORS /ALONG WITH A MORE MODEST
   MOISTURE CONTENT/ PUT INTO QUESTION THE DEGREE OF AFTERNOON
   DESTABILIZATION.
   
   REGARDLESS...IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT TSTMS WILL INCREASE/INTENSIFY
   THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE /EFFECTIVE/ COLD FRONT WITHIN A
   RELATIVELY MOIST/MODERATELY UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER. IT IS PROBABLE
   THAT THE STRONGEST DESTABILIZATION WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON
   ACROSS THE OZARKS VICINITY INTO DOWNSTATE IL AND PERHAPS
   INDIANA...WITH AS MUCH AS 1500-2500 J/KG MLCAPE POSSIBLE. THE
   STRONGEST FORCING FOR ASCENT/VERTICAL SHEAR WILL TEND TO LAG THE
   COLD FRONT EXCEPT FOR THE GREAT LAKES REGION...BUT EVEN REMOVED FROM
   THE STRONGER FORCING/VERTICAL SHEAR...STRONGER/MORE CERTAIN
   DESTABILIZATION FARTHER SOUTHWEST INTO THE MIDDLE MS VALLEY/OZARKS
   WILL ACCOUNT FOR ORGANIZED/SUSTAINED SEVERE TSTM POTENTIAL. WITH
   MULTICELLS AND PERHAPS SOME SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE...DAMAGING WINDS AND
   BOUTS OF SEVERE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS...ESPECIALLY FROM
   MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH MID-EVENING THURSDAY. TSTMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
   SPREAD EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE OH VALLEY/LOWER
   GREAT LAKES/MID-SOUTH...BUT WITH A GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SEVERE
   THREAT BY THE LATE EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS.
   

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

There is nothing to change about my last report but the risk area extends from southern Michigan to northern Arkansas.

Monday, August 13, 2012

A cold front will plow into the great lakes and Ohio valley on Thursday afternoon triggering thunderstorms to develop in Iowa and move east. These storms have a possibility to turn severe causing large hail,severe wind,and possibly spawning a few tornados in the great lakes region.More updates come tomorrow.

Friday, August 10, 2012

I was just thinking about how I will be in school this tornado season and thinking our school dose not provide enough safety during tornadoes.Our RE office has a window so you can see in it and they put 3rd graders under it.Our hallway is made out of white brick-like material that would quickly turn into a wind tunnel and that glass would be shattered right on the kids.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

These regions are going to be the hardest hit this winter.I have discovered that a La Nina is a possible case through early January.Central/northern/northeast Illinois,northern/northwest indiana maybe central.The regions I just mentioned were mainly on the list because of one storm that looks to be on the 21-23 of December.I think this because at that time a positive PNA will be possible which was the key role in the Chicago blizzard.Another factor is a 50/50 chance of a La Nina which would help a lot.It is still far out  so it is hard to tell.The northeast is another region that will be affected be a major snowstorm.

Friday, August 3, 2012

30% risk of severe weather tomorrow I am issuing a severe T-storm watch.HIGH RISK INCLUDES: 2''plus hail,winds over 65 kn.I will not be here tomorrow be prepared for severe weather tomorrow,and be safe.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

I am not doing an update until tomorrow.No severe wx watches and no storm safety due to extremely low confidence.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Possible positive PNA for winter.

A possible PNA for this winter could mean snow for the Midwest and Ohio valley.A positive PNA is poss. this winter and that was a key roll in the Chicago Blizzard.Again this is just a possibility.A winter forecast is coming out on the 25 of August and Mark I want to work on this with you at school.

Update for tornado threat.

Update - YouTube

Thursday, July 19, 2012

2012-13 WINTER FORECAST PREVIEW.La Niña Draws To Close, El Niño For Winter 2012/13?

Expect the winter forecast to be out at 8:30am tomorrow morning.La Nina Draws To Close, El Niño For Winter 2012/13?Departure from normal of water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean on December 26, 2011 (left), and February 27, 2012 (right), show a rapid eroding of La Niña and the potential start of an El Niño pattern.Departure from normal of water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean on December 26, 2011 (left), and February 27, 2012 (right), show a rapid eroding of La Niña and the potential start of an El Niño pattern.Tendencies for a "typical" El Niño summer which, if seen, probably won't happen until 2013.Another warm/dry winter is possible.More tomorrow.

Cumulocentral Grand Reopening!!

Sorry for the severe lack of posts over the last 3 months.I am creating a 2012-13 winter forecast and should be out before 9:00pm tonight.If not expect it to be out tomorrow morning.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Monday, April 9, 2012

Never seen this crazy of a a severe threat.



  Moderate Risk for severe storms today Monday (2012-04-09 CDT) ...
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Severe weather possible today.


  THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE:
   HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED GOLF BALLS.
   DAMAGING WINDS.
   HEAVY RAINFALL.
   FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
  NORTHWEST INDIANA TODAY BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA
  WITH IT. VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL SURGE NORTHWARD AS A WARM
  FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW THIS MORNING.
  MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL RESULT BY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF
  NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WITH THE COLD FRONT AND
  AN ATTENDANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE POTENTIALLY TRIGGERING
  THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE PRIMARY AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT IS
  EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR
  THOUGH SOME ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AS FAR NORTH AS
  THE WISCONSIN BORDER. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT STORMS MAY NOT DEVELOP
  UNTIL CLOSER TO EVENING WHICH MAY PUSH THE THREAT FURTHER SOUTH.
  DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR WILL BE RATHER WEAK SO STORMS MAY PULSE UP
  AND DOWN IN INTENSITY WHILE ORGANIZING INTO CLUSTERS. PROVIDED
  STORMS DO DEVELOP...HAIL...TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND POSSIBLY
  GOLF BALLS...AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS.
  HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY
  STORMS.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Overall threat(slight,moderate high)
Tornado threat

Hail threat

.THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE SRN AND
   CENTRAL PLAINS EWD INTO E TX/SRN AR AND MUCH OF LA...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS....
   MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING THE SRN EXTENT OF THE
   WRN U.S. TROUGH BECOMING CUT-OFF FROM THE NRN STREAM BY THE START OF
   DAY 1.  THE CLOSED LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY EWD TODAY ACROSS NM...GIVEN
   THE PRESENCE OF A RATHER STRONG DOWNSTREAM RIDGE EXTENDING NWD FROM
   THE LOWER MS VALLEY/CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES TO THE WRN GREAT
   LAKES.  MEANWHILE...HEIGHTS WILL RISE ACROSS THE SERN STATES AS A
   TROUGH LOCATED ALONG THE MIDDLE/NRN ATLANTIC COAST MOVES EWD.  A
   WEAK MIDLEVEL CIRCULATION...CURRENTLY MOVING SLOWLY NWD INLAND FROM
   THE MID-UPPER TX COAST...SHOULD TRACK NEWD TODAY THROUGH E
   TX/ARKLATEX AND LOWER MS VALLEY REACHING THE OZARKS AND NRN MS BY
   12Z TUESDAY.
   
   THE NRN EXTENT OF THE WRN TROUGH...CURRENTLY MOVING EWD THROUGH THE
   NRN INTERMOUNTAIN WEST PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...IS EXPECTED TO
   TRACK ENEWD THROUGH THE NRN HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AS IT PHASES
   WITH A SEPARATE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL CANADA.  MODELS DIFFER
   WITH THE EFFECT THE SRN PORTION OF THESE PHASED TROUGHS HAS ACROSS
   NRN MN...BUT THE 12Z ECMWF/00Z GFS AGREE THAT 40-60 METER HEIGHT
   FALLS SHOULD OCCUR ACROSS THAT REGION MONDAY NIGHT.  
   
   AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE E/SEWD INTO THE UPPER MS
   VALLEY THIS FORECAST PERIOD...AND SWD WHERE IT WILL MERGE WITH A
   NE-SW ORIENTED DRY LINE ACROSS CENTRAL KS THIS AFTERNOON.  THE DRY
   LINE WILL THEN EXTEND SWD FROM A TRIPLE POINT OVER SWRN-SOUTH
   CENTRAL KS THROUGH WRN OK TO CENTRAL TX THIS AFTERNOON.  THE WRN
   EXTENT OF A WARM FRONT...INITIALLY LOCATED OVER NRN MO...IS EXPECTED
   TO SPREAD NWD AND REACH ERN IA/NWRN IL BY THIS EVENING.
   MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SWD THROUGH THE CAROLINAS
   REACHING ERN GA BY 12Z TUESDAY.  
   
   ...CENTRAL TX/WRN AND CENTRAL OK/CENTRAL AND ERN KS...
   A SHORTWAVE TROUGH...CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE BASE OF THE WRN
   TROUGH OVER SWRN AZ PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...IS EXPECTED TO MIGRATE
   THROUGH THE SERN-ERN PERIPHERY OF THE PARENT CLOSED LOW TODAY ACROSS
   SW-W TX INTO WRN OK AND POSSIBLY SWRN KS BY 03/00Z.  WEAK HEIGHT
   FALLS ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS...DPVA ATTENDANT TO THE MIGRATORY
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH...AND DIFFLUENT MID-UPPER LEVEL FLOW ALL EXPECTED
   ACROSS THE DRY LINE DURING THE MID-LATE AFTERNOON SUGGEST TSTM
   DEVELOPMENT WILL BE LIKELY FROM CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL TX NWD THROUGH
   WRN OK TO SOUTH CENTRAL KS.  THE STRONGEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
   SHOULD EXTEND FROM NWRN OK/ADJACENT KS NEAR THE TRIPLE POINT NEWD
   ALONG THE COLD FRONT/DRY LINE MERGER INTO CENTRAL KS...WITH MUCH OF
   THE KS TSTM ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO BE MORE ANAFRONTAL-TYPE
   DEVELOPMENT.
   
   SURFACE HEATING WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR COMBINED WITH VERY STEEP
   MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES /EXCEEDING 8 C PER KM/...AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS
   IN THE 60S WILL RESULT IN MODERATE TO VERY STRONG INSTABILITY WITHIN
   THE TX/OK/KS PORTION OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA.  EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR
   WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS S TO N CENTRAL TX WITH SHEAR VECTORS
   ORIENTED PERPENDICULAR TO THE DRY LINE.  THIS WILL PROVE FAVORABLE
   FOR DISCRETE SUPERCELLS PRODUCING HAIL...SOME VERY LARGE /EXCEEDING
   2 INCH DIAMETER/...AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.  ALTHOUGH DEEP LAYER
   SHEAR WILL DECREASE WITH NWD EXTENT...WITH A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR
   PULSE-TYPE STORMS INTO KS...THE PRESENCE OF STRONG INSTABILITY WILL
   SUPPORT VERY LARGE HAIL WITH THIS ACTIVITY AS WELL.  THE THREAT FOR
   AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO EXTEND NWD THROUGH WRN OK TO THE
   TRIPLE POINT IN SWRN-S CENTRAL KS.
   
   ...E TX/MUCH OF LA/SRN AR...
   THE AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE ACROSS MUCH
   OF THIS REGION INTO THE AFTERNOON.  FORCING FOR ASCENT ATTENDANT TO
   THE NEWD MOVING MIDLEVEL CIRCULATION WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD TSTM
   DEVELOPMENT.  EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR AROUND 30 KT SUGGESTS MULTICELLS
   WILL BE THE PRIMARY STORM MODE WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR HAIL AND
   STRONG WIND GUSTS.
   
   ...UPPER MS VALLEY/WRN GREAT LAKES TO NRN IL/IND...
   A FEW STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE ELEVATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT THE
   START OF DAY 1 FROM ERN SD INTO NRN MN WITHIN A STRONG LOW LEVEL WAA
   REGIME.  WEAK-MODERATE ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND 25-30 KT OF
   EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR SUPPORT THIS MARGINAL SEVERE HAIL THREAT. 
   ELEVATED CONVECTION/EMBEDDED TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM NERN SD INTO
   NRN MN THROUGH THE DAY...BUT WEAKER INSTABILITY WILL PRECLUDE A
   SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.  A GREATER COVERAGE OF TSTMS...AGAIN MAINLY
   ELEVATED...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF
   SRN MN/POTENTIALLY NRN IA...NEAR AND N OF A SURFACE LOW MOVING INTO
   NWRN IA FROM NEB TODAY.  
   
   IF SURFACE BASED STORMS CAN DEVELOP NEAR THE LOW IN IA...THEN THE
   SLIGHT RISK AREA MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED NWD...AS MODERATE TO STRONG
   INSTABILITY WOULD SUPPORT A GREATER SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. 
   OTHERWISE...A STRENGTHENING/VEERING LLJ FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY
   INTO THE WRN GREAT LAKES IS EXPECTED TO SUPPORT ELEVATED TSTMS
   DEVELOPING AND SPREADING ESEWD ACROSS THESE AREAS.  ALTHOUGH
   EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN OVER THE WRN GREAT LAKES
   TO NRN IL/IND MONDAY NIGHT...STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MODERATE
   ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT PRIMARILY ISOLATED HAIL WITH THE
   STRONGER STORMS.
   
   ...SRN APPALACHIANS/SC/ERN GA...
   THE AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE BY AFTERNOON
   WITH TSTMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND S OF THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH
   THIS REGION.  WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL RESULT IN GENERALLY
   PULSE-TYPE STORMS WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR ISOLATED STRONG WIND
   GUSTS AND/OR SOME HAIL.
   

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Potential for Severe thunderstorm or tornado watches.

Potential for Severe thunderstorm or tornado watches that could spread east with the storm.
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0367
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0358 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...EASTERN IA/SOUTHERN WI/NORTHWEST IL/NORTHEAST MO
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 
   
   VALID 272058Z - 272300Z
   
   MONITORING FOR AN INCREASING SEVERE THREAT...WHICH COULD INITIALLY
   OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION INTO THE 23Z-02Z TIME FRAME. A
   WATCH MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.
   
   A WEAK COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MAKE A GRADUAL EASTWARD PROGRESSION
   TOWARD THE UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY AT MID AFTERNOON WITHIN A
   NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST ORIENTED CORRIDOR FROM WESTERN WI TO
   SOUTH-CENTRAL IA/NORTHWEST MO. MODEST LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE...WITH
   SURFACE DEWPOINTS GENERALLY IN THE 50S F...OTHERWISE CONTINUES TO
   STEADILY INCREASE WITH NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD EXTENT IMMEDIATELY AHEAD
   OF THE FRONT. NEAR/AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE
   REMAINS MODEST AS WINDS AT/JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE HAVE CONTINUED TO
   VEER PER SURFACE OBSERVATIONS/REGIONAL DERIVED WIND DATA.
   HOWEVER...A LOW-AMPLITUDE EASTWARD-MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH/SPEED MAX
   CURRENTLY OVER SD/SOUTHWEST MN PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY MAY PROVIDE
   AN IMPETUS FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVER
   THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AS INHIBITION OTHERWISE CONTINUES TO ERODE
   WITHIN THE MODESTLY MOIST NEAR-FRONTAL WARM SECTOR.
   
   WHILE CONFIDENCE IN CONVECTIVE DETAILS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY
   HIGH...AN ASSORTMENT OF NUMERICAL GUIDANCE INCLUDING A NUMBER OF 15Z
   SREF MEMBERS IMPLY THAT SUCH DEVELOPMENT WILL BE MORE PROBABLE INTO
   THE 23Z-02Z TIME FRAME ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR EASTERN IA/FAR
   NORTHWEST IL AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTHERN MO...ALTHOUGH A GRADUAL
   DEEPENING OF THE CUMULUS FIELD HAS BEEN NOTED AS FAR NORTHEAST AS
   SOUTHWEST WI AT MID-AFTERNOON. IF/WHERE DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
   DOES OCCUR INTO THIS EVENING...STRONG EFFECTIVE SHEAR /45-50 KT OR
   GREATER/ WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZED/SUSTAINED STORMS INCLUDING INITIAL
   MODE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF SEVERE HAIL/PERHAPS A TORNADO...WITH
   DAMAGING WINDS A POSSIBILITY AS WELL. CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL
   CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR A POSSIBLE WATCH.

Severe weather possible today.

Tornado probability

Thunderstorm wind possibility
Hail possibility

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM CNTRL MO INTO IL AND
   INDIANA...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A COMPACT UPPER LOW WILL BECOME AN OPEN WAVE AS IT TURNS EWD ACROSS
   MN AND TOWARD LAKE SUPERIOR BY 00Z. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERTICALLY
   STACKED WITH A SURFACE LOW NEAR THE MN ARROWHEAD AT THAT TIME. A
   COLD FRONT WILL TRAIL SWWD INTO ERN IA AND NRN MO DURING THE LATE
   AFTERNOON...WITH A NARROW PLUME OF MID TO UPPER 50S F SURFACE
   DEWPOINTS RESULTING IN SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS. A
   SWLY LOW LEVEL JET WILL VEER TO WLY IN THE MID LEVELS WITH AMPLE
   SHEAR FOR A CONDITIONAL SEVERE THREAT NEAR THE FRONT.
   
   THIS FRONT WILL BECOME QUASI-STATIONARY OVER SRN KS...LIFTING NWD AS
   A WARM FRONT OVERNIGHT FROM NWRN OK INTO CNTRL AND WRN KS WITH A
   CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
   
   TO THE S..NEUTRAL TO SLIGHTLY RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN
   WARM CONDITIONS OVER WRN TX...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL FEATURE MOVING
   ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY INTO CNTRL TX POSSIBLY PLAYING A ROLE
   IN ISOLATED SW TX THUNDERSTORMS.
   
   MEANWHILE ALONG THE W COAST...COOLING ALOFT WITH AN UPPER TROUGH AND
   LOW LEVEL FORCING WITH A COLD FRONT SHOULD HELP TO PRODUCE ISOLATED
   LIGHTNING STRIKES MAINLY OFFSHORE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
   
   ...CNTRL MO INTO IL AND INDIANA...
   THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN CAPPED FOR MUCH
   OF THE DAY...BUT LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL GRADUALLY STEEPEN AND
   LITTLE INHIBITION IS EXPECTED FROM NRN MO INTO WRN AND NRN IL BY
   00Z. WITH SUBTLE HEIGHT FALLS ON SRN FRINGE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND
   CONVERGENCE NEAR THE FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD FORM NEAR THE
   FRONT BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. VEERING LOW LEVEL WIND
   PROFILES AND STEEP MID TO UPPER LEVEL LAPSE RATES SHOULD PROVE
   FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF MAINLY LARGE HAIL...BUT DAMAGING
   WINDS COULD OCCUR IF STORMS BECOME ELONGATED OR ORGANIZED INTO WAVES
   ALONG THE FRONT. A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVER CNTRL IL WITH
   INITIAL ACTIVITY WHILE IT IS CELLULAR EARLY IN THE CYCLE WHILE
   BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES ARE STILL RELATIVELY WARM.  
   
   ...W AND SW TX...
   A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL EXIST ACROSS WRN TX BY AFTERNOON
   WITH STRONG HEATING ALONG AND W OF A DRYLINE. MODERATE INSTABILITY
   SHOULD DEVELOP AND DESPITE WEAK LOW TO MID LEVEL FLOW...A FEW SEVERE
   STORMS SHOULD FORM CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...MOST LIKELY WITH
   MULTICELL CLUSTERS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE DIURNAL IN NATURE...AND
   MOST LIKELY TO LINGER INTO THE LATE EVENING ACROSS SWRN TX AS A SELY
   LOW LEVEL JET MAINTAINS WARM/MOIST ADVECTION OVER SLIGHTLY ELEVATED
   TERRAIN.
   
   ...CNTRL/WRN KS OVERNIGHT...
   THE TRAILING END OF THE SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT WILL STALL AND SHIFT NWD
   AFTER 00Z FROM NWRN OK INTO WRN KS. WARM ADVECTION COUPLED WITH A
   STEEP LAPSE RATE ENVIRONMENT WILL CONDITIONALLY FAVOR LARGE HAIL
   WITH A FEW STRONGER CORES. HOWEVER...OVERALL WEAK FORCING SHOULD
   LIMIT THE COVERAGE.
   

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Watch likely with no severe weather risk.N.W.S will most likely put a risk area in Florida too.


MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0343
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0916 AM CDT SAT MAR 24 2012
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NRN FL...SERN GA
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY 
   
   VALID 241416Z - 241515Z
   
   SEMI-DISCRETE TSTMS ACROSS THE ERN FL PANHANDLE INTO S-CNTRL GA
   SHOULD INTENSIFY AND POSE A RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS AS
   ACTIVITY MOVES EWD TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC COAST. THE PROBABILITY OF A
   WW ISSUANCE IS 80 PERCENT AND SLIGHT RISK WILL BE EXPANDED SWD IN
   THE 1630Z D1 OUTLOOK.
   
   TSTMS DEVELOPING WITHIN A PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE BAND COINCIDENT
   WITH THE AXIS OF STRONGER INSTABILITY...CHARACTERIZED BY MLCAPE NEAR
   1500 J/KG AS SAMPLED BY THE 12Z TLH RAOB...SHOULD INTENSIFY AS
   DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION INCREASES. THIS SCENARIO IS SUPPORTED BY
   CONVECTION-ALLOWING MODEL GUIDANCE WITH SEVERAL TSTM CLUSTERS LIKELY
   DEVELOPING EWD INTO THIS AFTERNOON. VWP DATA FROM KVAX DEPICTS
   VEERING OF THE LOWER-LEVEL WIND PROFILE THAT IS SUPPORTING 0-1 KM
   SRH OF 100-150 M2/S2. WITH EFFECTIVE DEEP-LAYER SHEAR OF 30-40
   KT...EMBEDDED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES APPEAR PROBABLE...POTENTIALLY
   YIELDING ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS...MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND A
   BRIEF TORNADO.
   
   ..GRAMS.. 03/24/2012
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...CHS...TBW...JAX...FFC...TAE...
   
   LAT...LON   31388327 32028298 32488230 32528151 32398114 32208093
               30738154 29928140 29458161 29338240 29408282 29678343
               30148363 30808351 31388327