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Henry Margusity on the storms, patterns, and forecasts behind the madness. Subscribers read every post two days before it lands here.
Thunderstorms with Damaging Winds Sunday
After the severe weather event in the Tennessee Valley and Mississippi Valley Saturday the line of storms will continue to move east and impact the Mid-Atlantic and Carolina’s Sunday. The storms will most likely remain a solid line that will move through these areas with a burst of damaging wind gusts to 65 mph and […]
Large Tornadoes Possible Thursday
SPC did upgrade the severe weather area to a moderate risk and is considering upgrading to a HIGH Risk by Thursday morning. While the dynamics are stronger with this system compared to last week, the deciding factors will be the extent of the showers and cloud cover which could limit the instability. In any case, […]
Dangerous Severe Weather Thursday. Over 25 Tornadoes Possible This Time!
Another outbreak of severe weather and possible tornadoes will occur late Wednesday through Thursday night. This time compared to the last event are the strengths of the jets at 250 mb and at 850 mb. We have a stronger low level jet and a stronger jet at 250 mb which will have to create stronger […]
Severe Storms, Maybe a Tornado and Large Hail Today and Tuesday
The storm coming out of the Rockies that produced the snows in Denver and Boulder may kick off severe weather across Texas and southern Oklahoma today and into Louisiana Tuesday. The HRRR shows very strong rotation tracks which may indicate large hail and or even a tornado. The dew points are currently in the 50s […]
High Risk of Severe Weather Today, Moderate Thursday…Major Outbreak Possible with 25-50 Tornadoes, Maybe More!
The Storm Prediction Center made an anticipated change in the forecast by upgrading to a HIGH RISK for severe weather including large, damaging tornadoes. Very few HIGH RISKS are issued each year and only issue during special events like today. In addition, they upgraded the area in the Carolina’s to a Moderate Risk which is […]
Severe Storms and Potential 25-50 Tornadoes!
The outbreak of severe has the potential to produce 25-50 tornadoes over the next 3 days. The bulk of the tornadoes will occur across the South on Wednesday. While the jet aloft is not as strong as one would like to see, the shear or veering of the winds is very sharp which will lead […]
Snow will Continue, Heavy at Times across the Midwest
The heavy snow will continue across the Midwest today, winding down this evening. Banding of heavy snow is already showing up on the radar across southern Minnesota into Iowa this morning. Also seeing some banding of heavy snow extended into South Dakota and northern Nebraska. The snows back in Colorado are winding down but there […]
Updated Severe Weather Map. Tornadoes to Start the Outbreak!
A major outbreak of severe weather will begin today in west Texas and expand east Saturday to Monday. As the upper level low starts to come out supercell storms will develop across the Texas Panhandle today with more supercell storms developing across western Texas Saturday. Once the line of storms develops, we will see that […]
Updated Snow Map for the Storm Today into Tonight
Heavy snow will move northeast today and tonight impacting the Dakota’s to northern Minnesota. The snow rates will be 1-2 inches per hour in some areas because thunderstorms across Iowa and southern Minnesota will move into the cold air. Some areas will see up to 10 inches of snow with thundersnow mixed in. The snow […]