Review: Investigation of Near-Storm Environments for Tornado Events and Warnings

Good evening everyone! I’m getting my review in last minute for a late night read and if you’re nutty like me, this is exactly what you need to relax right before you go to sleep,…

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Review: Radar Climatology of Tornadic and Nontornadic Vortices in High-Shear, Low-CAPE Environments in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States

As part of the new trend, I have another article review up and ready! I really enjoyed this article! “Radar Climatology of Tornadic and Nontornadic Vortices in High-Shear, Low-CAPE Environments in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern…

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Review: Tornado Damage Rating Probabilities Derived from WSR-88D Data

To my up and coming followers, I’m back with another article review! This one is of a larger interest to me considering it’s tornado related and I just go bonkers for some funnel cloud! This…

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Article Review: Tornado Damage Rating Probabilities Derived from WSR-88D Data

Good evening! Here is an article review on how rotational velocity values from Doppler radar may be used to track tornado damage ratings (think Fujita!) in real time. A fair warning! This post is more geared…

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Article Review: An Integrated Approach for Assessing Tropical Cyclone Track and Intensity Forecasts (Zhang, Xie, Liu, and Guan)

Hey guys! It’s your favorite weather intern Emily here bringing a new addition to your daily weather indulgence. As if you hadn’t read  enough from me yet, I’m now beginning to do article reviews in addition…

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Hypoxic or “dead zone” in Gulf to be average-sized this year

A twice-as-big-as-Rhode-Island-sized area in the Gulf will be devoid of marine life this summer according to NOAA scientists. The forecast for the hypoxic zone or ‘dead zone’ will be approximately 5,780 square miles. More from…

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WX Info: Lightning show north of the TV Station, and quick notes about how it works

I took 10 minutes tonight to do a live video showcasing the great lightning show being put on by a storm north of the TV station. Enjoy! I talked about differentiation in the video. Not…

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Dixie Tornado Outbreak: 110 years later

On April 24, 1908 a handful of tornadoes ripped across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. While the exact number of tornadoes that day is debatable, generally 10 of the tornadoes are blamed for a vast majority…

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