Just some general musings on weather items. This past week saw the weather starting to change to a more Spring time pattern. It was officially time to put the snow blower in hibernation (sorry Snowman!)
The first real Spring severe weather outbreak occurred this past Wednesday the 10th. It felt good virtual storm chasing again! There were only five tornadoes reported. As I understand it, Henry Margusity of Accuweather commented that the temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico are still on the cool side. Because of this the dew points did not quite get high enough to initiate more of an outbreak. Look for this to turn around next month into early May. (If not, it’s going to be a loooooooooooooooong severe weather season!). To help ease the pain, I bought all three seasons of Storm Chasers
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Daylight Savings Time (DST) begins this weekend. When reading statements from NWS and SPC, this means we will be -4z time instead of -5z time. Also keep this in mind looking at the forecast models. Don’t know about you, but this is just what I need is to lose another hour of sleep! For some strange reason I am never able to get to bed an hour early like everyone else
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I am getting jazzed about Spotter Training class next weekend. Not only that, my brother is trying to talk me into getting my Ham radio license. We all know what that means…Can live storm chasing be far behind?
Lastly, keep an eye on March 21
st through March 23
rd. The GFS model is indicating rain these days with some possible snow overnight Sunday night/Monday morning. It doesn’t appear to be anything major. While this is about nine to ten days out, the models have been fairly consistent.
Okay Weathermainiacs, Ciao!
