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The landscape of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles isn’t considered dynamic, but the atmosphere above it can be. Each spring forecasters attempt to predict the chances for severe weather and try to determine where that…
Read more of Introduction: How multiple variables control TX/OK panhandle Spring severe weather
Using the database of information offered by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Amarillo, Texas, the number of tornado reports and tornado days was established. From there, the number of “Spring” tornadoes was established removing…
Read more of Methods: How multiple variables control TX/OK panhandle Spring severe weather
There was a correlation between the weighted totals of the standard deviations from the mean of the anomalies of GoA SST, GoM SST, Previous Precipitation, ENSO SST when compared against the total number of tornadoes…
Read more of Findings: How multiple variables control TX/OK panhandle Spring severe weather
There is a lot about forecasting severe weather season across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandle that is controlled regionally and even locally. This statistical analysis does not take that into account. There are too many…
Read more of Conclusion: How multiple variables control TX/OK panhandle Spring severe weather
My lights went out as I started recording! I was in the dark, but don’t YOU be caught in the dark during today’s severe weather…
So far, so good. It looks like the forecast is verifying for the southern plains. While most of the severe weather is staying in east Texas, a solid soaking rain with strong-to-severe storms are rolling…
Mother Nature doesn’t often get compared to boxing, but this weekend the southern plains will be facing a one-two punch of systems giving the area decent chances for rain. Scenario As one area of low…
Read more of One-Two punch means rain chances for southern plains
A developing El Nino could mean more rain for the southern plains and help for the current drought Amarillo, TX – According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – or NOAA – El Nino…
Scenario A quasi-zonal flow with a few embedded systems will keep the southern high plains active in the coming days. This will increase the “prospects for precip” in the coming week. In fact, a relatively,…
