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Hammon, Oklahoma Tornado
March 08, 2010 4 Comments
Hammon, Oklahoma Tornado

Lloyd Colston, Emergency Management Director for the City of Altus captured these shots of a tornado near Hammon, OK today with his Blackberry.

The First Tornado Warning of the Decade
January 18, 2010 Leave a Comment

The first tornado of the decade has been issued. To our knowledge at the current time, an actual tornado hasn’t been confirmed – but the warning went out. So what is the lucky area that received it? Texas…Oklahoma?

The Basics of Skew-T/Log-P Diagrams
December 30, 2009 Leave a Comment
The Basics of Skew-T/Log-P Diagrams

One of the most important tools that convective forecasters have is the Skew-T/Log-P Diagram. It is a thermodynamic chart that allows forecasters to view real information about the state of the atmosphere from the surface level all the way to 100 millibars.

Santa Enlist Help of StormChase.com Forecasters for Christmas Flight 2009
December 23, 2009 Leave a Comment
Santa Enlist Help of StormChase.com Forecasters for Christmas Flight 2009

We just received a high priority phone call at the StormChase.com forecasting center from the North Pole. It was Santa’s lead elf meteorologist, Dr. Bouncy Sugar Socks. Poor little guy was freaking out!! It seems that Santa is very worried about the Christmas Eve forecast for supercells and possible tornadoes over parts of Oklahoma and Texas, as well as the strong turbulence over the United States due to a strong upper jet.

Florida Braces for Potentially Strong Winter Tornado Season
December 22, 2009 1 Comment

At the possible expense of sounding “alarmist”, I am personally concerned over storm safety of Florida’s seasonal winter residents. Having been one myself for several years now, I’m surprised at how many people invade the sub-tropical state each winter to escape the harsh cold air and winter storms of the Midwest, although I fully understand their reasoning for doing so.

Tornado Warning Rocks Southern Florida
December 18, 2009 Leave a Comment

The National Weather Service in Miami, FL has issued what might just be the final tornado warning of 2009 at 10:27 EST Friday, December 18th.

New Poster Print Available
December 02, 2009 Leave a Comment

Due to (I’m not kidding) HUNDREDS of request for a poster print of our Hyannis Supercell panorama from May 20th ealier this year, I’m pleased to announce that we have put the amazingly gorgeous image in the inventory of our store on Zazzle.com. Buy direct from our Zazzle store and save, while also be able to immediately select from dozens of great printing and framing options.

Southern States Receive Rain & Floods
September 12, 2009 Leave a Comment
Southern States Receive Rain & Floods

A slow moving system centered over Texas appears to not be in a hurry to go anywhere fast. The lingering system is bring rain and flooding to much of the southern states and even into the central plains. The Norman, OK WFO has issued Flood Watches for most of central Oklahoma as periods of heavy rain are dumping up to an inch per hour in some areas.

Tornado Kills at least 17 in Argentina, Brazil
September 09, 2009 1 Comment
Tornado Kills at least 17 in Argentina, Brazil

BUENOS AIRES – A violent storm described as a freak “tornado” killed at least 17 people in the southern part of South America and punched hundreds of houses off their foundations Tuesday, officials said.

Hurricane Fred Forms in the Atlantic
September 08, 2009 Leave a Comment
Hurricane Fred Forms in the Atlantic

Tropical Storm Fred strengthened into a hurricane over the east Atlantic Tuesday. The National Hurricane Center’s track forecast will quickly push Fred to the north allowing the hurricane to steer clear of any land.

Tropical Storm Fred Expected Soon
September 07, 2009 Leave a Comment
Tropical Storm Fred Expected Soon

At 5:00 PM AST, the National Hurricane Center named Tropical Depression Seven – soon to be Tropical Storm Fred. Fred however is going to remain at sea and very likely won’t even get anywhere close to the western Atlantic.

Tropical Depression Seven Likely
September 07, 2009 Leave a Comment
Tropical Depression Seven Likely

A strong tropical wave is showing increasing organization and convection and according to the National Hurricane Center this system is likely to become the seventh tropical depression of the 2009 Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season.

Erika May Have a Glimmer of Hope Still Yet
September 03, 2009 Leave a Comment
Erika May Have a Glimmer of Hope Still Yet

The National Hurricane Center has downgraded Erika to a tropical depression, and it is expected that the storm will be further reduced to a mere low within a day. NHC’s wording is pretty straight-forward in that they do not believe that Erika will be able to regain any organized activity and restrengthen. And, kudos to NHC forecasters for going against the hurricane model guidance and getting it right.

Tropical Storm Erika Not Behaving
September 02, 2009 Leave a Comment
Tropical Storm Erika Not Behaving

The National Hurricane Center has played Erika very cautiously and with good understanding. There are a lot of inconsistencies between various forecast model guidance. The latest official forecast track issued by NHC shows that narrow black line move in a west-northwest direction, but Erika has decided once again to play by her own rules.

Tropical Climatology for September
September 02, 2009 1 Comment

The title is a bit misleading, this post couldn’t obviously provide a detailed analysis of the entire tropical climatology for September.