Hot and Dry in Texas, but Wet on the East Coast: Southeast Weather Forecast – 7/6/22

The NWS Hazards map from last night shows a lot going on around the country – possible derecho across the Midwest, severe thunderstorms around Washington D.C., and lots of heat across the interior of the…

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Widespread Rain coming into the Southeast and Texas: Southeast Weather Forecast – 7/01/22

Hello everybody, there will be an increase of precipitation and thunderstorms as the low-pressure system from Gulf of Mexico is slowly moving up north in the Southeast states. It will remain near the coastal states…

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SPC expands severe risk for Friday & Saturday across South

The Storm Prediction Center continues to monitor a two-punch system on Friday afternoon, evening and into the overnight hours across parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama. As of now, this two-punch system looks…

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Severe weather possible for Gulf Coast and Southeast March 3rd/4th

All that “In like a lion, out like a lamb” or vice-versa talk about March, as a scientist, always makes me cringe. Because it is based on subjective opinion and not objective analysis. That leaves…

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RECAP: Looking back at the two-week long severe weather onslaught with maps, explainers and chaser video

After two weeks of every-day-there-is-a-tornado-somewhere weather, the big subtropical ridge in the southeast is shifting to the west. This will shove the jet stream further north and re-position a lot of the moving pieces needed…

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Gulf Coast Sat/Sun Severe weather: Now we can talk specifics…

FRIDAY 12:30PM UPDATE: It looks like the Storm Prediction Center is seeing similar things from the same data I show below and came to a similar consensus. The SPC has extended the Enhanced Risk area…

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Study: Tornadoes linked to personal shower length

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…

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Gulf Coast states face another round severe weather Friday night

For Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama this is the second time this week the states will be dealing with the prospects of severe weather. Not ideal. Even places like Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma will be getting…

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Gulf Coast faces severe weather threat; possible flooding

As the next round of thunderstorms swings through parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the risk for severe weather continues. From the Storm Prediction Center: The convective line may initially be slow to organize but…

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