#storm chasing
Hundreds of storm chasers pay tribute to late actor Bill Paxton by spelling out his initials using GPS coordinates. http://abcn.ws/2l2onR8
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Watching this cumulus field across KS into northern OK for possible severe storm development this afternoon. This is likely the place where the most chase-friendly storms will occur today if they can form and sustain. https://www.facebook.com/TornadoTitans/photos/a.452467798157080/7358209934249464/?type=3
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As expected, the first piece of June will likely be on the active side for storms/severe weather. The details on each day will vary a lot and will change, but the rainfall totals being thrown out by many models (this is just one ensemble) point to an active storm pattern over the Central/Southern Plains starting this weekend into next week. https://www.facebook.com/TornadoTitans/photos/a.118272271576636/7341819199221871/?type=3
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We wrote about the turn of the month (last few days into June) being a probable hotspot of severe weather activity back on May 8 on the Newsletter. Sometimes the climo models can be right!
We are about to exit the quiet overall May pattern that was also telegraphed for the Central/Southern Plains for much of May as we’ve had a pretty well below normal month in terms of the tornado count so far.
Right now watching the greatest severe weather potential with this upcoming system starting on Sunday in Nebraska/Kansas and drifting south each day through Tuesday. Monitoring! https://www.facebook.com/TornadoTitans/photos/a.118272271576636/7337440022993122/?type=3
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Weirdest Spring ever. The system responsible for our two-days of severe weather in Texas is pulling away with temps only at 50-51 in NW OK/NE TX PH at the end of May.
And next week the ConvT on the dryline will be over 100F once again. Just wild swings. https://www.facebook.com/TornadoTitans/photos/a.118272271576636/7332465793490545/?type=3
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We’ve been talking about the trough the last few days of May into June for nearly 3 weeks now on the newsletter. The question is, will it eject flatter like this current one which hasn’t resulted in a robust severe weather threat or will it eject more amplified and slower which would definitely mean a more robust severe weather threat? We’ll find out in the coming days. https://www.facebook.com/TornadoTitans/photos/a.118272271576636/7312789795458145/?type=3
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Here’s a great example of why hot air (over 100F in Texas) meeting cold air (snow in the Rockies) does not create tornadoes on the Plains typically. That description is an over-simplified explanation of what creates tornadoes and the evidence actually shows it is actually detrimental in many to most cases. https://www.facebook.com/TornadoTitans/photos/a.118272271576636/7295939453809846/?type=3
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The national tornado count remains above average as of today for the year – but the season has flattened out quite a bit since about mid-April. For the Great Plains specifically, only a small fraction of these tornadoes have occurred over the old-school Tornado Alley with most occuring in the Midwest and Southeast this year. https://www.facebook.com/TornadoTitans/photos/a.118272271576636/7292187887518336/?type=3
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SOMETHING WE ARE WATCHING! It looks like the jet stream pattern will turn much more favorable for severe weather by May 19-20 with a chance of that pattern sticking around for a few days thereafter at least. The details matter! But we’re watching this as our next big potential storm chase period coming up. https://www.facebook.com/TornadoTitans/photos/a.452467798157080/7273017586102033/?type=3
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Building storms at sunset in Western Oklahoma in 2018. https://www.facebook.com/TornadoTitans/photos/a.118272271576636/7186564014747391/?type=3
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Whale’s mouth feature over US-70 west of Ardmore, OK in April 2014. https://www.facebook.com/TornadoTitans/photos/a.118272271576636/7173220966081696/?type=3
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While there were plenty of garden variety severe storms with hail/wind that frequent the Great Plains – the trend back towards a below average tornado count nationally continued over the last week. While there have been a couple of notable but highly localized tornado events on the Plains, most of the activity this year has followed the La Niña trends of staying mostly east of the Plains – with the southeast and midwest serving as hot spots so far this year. https://www.facebook.com/TornadoTitans/photos/a.118272271576636/7367507723319685/?type=3
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Storms will form along and ahead of this line in the afternoon. Big hail, damaging winds, and a very low tornado risk today. https://www.facebook.com/TornadoTitans/photos/a.452467798157080/7362101603860297/?type=3
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