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Severe Weather Outbreak Possible In The Southern U.S. Monday – Monday’s National Weather Outlook For May 20th, 2019
National Weather Forecast A new system pushing out into the central United States will help to produce rain and mountain snow from the Northern Rockies out into the Plains. Some of the storms across the central and southern Plains will be severe - more on that in a...
read moreSpring Planting Weeks Behind Due to Wet Pattern – Mississippi Flooding Compared to Great Flood of 1927
Raw and Soggy Weekend - Wet Rut Continues When in a drought don't predict rain, the old proverb goes. Right now it seems all I'm doing is predicting rain. NOAA data shows the last 12 months have been the wettest in U.S. history, going back to 1895. In terms of...
read moreSevere, Soggy Pattern for Midwest – Highest April Tornado Count for USA Since 2011
Severe Risk Far Southern Minnesota Later Today Unless you're living in a cave (congratulations!) you'll probably agree that winter lingered longer than absolutely necessary - and summer is in no particular hurry this year. We topped 80F yesterday, for the first time...
read moreAvoiding Plumbing and Wiring During T-storms – Will 5G Mess Up Weather Satellites – 400 Years of El Nino Records Yield Surprising Results
Minor Flash Flood Risk This Weekend The expression "bolt from the blue" is valid. People have been struck by lightning with blue sky directly overhead; a thunderstorm 10 miles away. Although rare, people have been struck on corded landline phones, using electronics...
read moreWettest 12-Month Period on Record for USA – CO2 Levels Highest in 3 Million Years
Wet Rut: When In Doubt - Predict Rain Basic physics: when you warm a volume of air, even by a few degrees, it will hold more water vapor - more fuel for storms of all shapes and sizes. A fact: it's getting wetter out there. That's not a much-maligned climate model,...
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Heavy Rain Over Several Days Led To 12″+ Totals Across Parts Of The South
Heavy Rain Over The Past Several Days Rounds of heavy flooding rain with a slow-moving frontal system impacted parts of the Gulf Coast and southern Mississippi Valley from the middle of last week into the weekend. Rainfall amounts of over 12" were reported...
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