General Weather Discussion - May 2014

[Of Sound Mind]

I look pretty good. I'm having a fabulous hair day.

Me too! (It helps that my hair is essentially a buzz cut.)

[PennyQuilts]

Me too! (It helps that my hair is essentially a buzz cut.)

Good day, bad day, I have a massive long hair "fro" that makes hair stylists gasp with joy or fear, depending on their level of confidence.

[OkieHornet]

glad he was on the radio, understood exactly what he was saying. I'm not a fan of his style at all, but in the moments I needed information I got exactly what I needed listening to his broadcast.

this. as far as i could tell, ch4 was the only station simulcasting on the radio, and driving home after the thunder game, i needed more info than a radar screen or text message warning could give me.

[PennyQuilts]

I was listening to him because they had a spotter in the area where I live. I also thought it was helpful and he made it clear, throughout, that if there was a tornado, it was a very small one. Does anyone know if he panicked anyone in the area he said it was going through?

I was amazed that other than power blinks and losing the television, once, we kept power. There were some big winds coming through. No particular tree damage, either.

[soonerguru]

Ya, I agree - it certainly looked scary for a few minutes. A few facebook friends are reporting debris and downed limbs, so there was certainly reason for concern. I think overall Morgan was pretty accurate.

I watched him last night because my DirecTV was out and my "over the air" digital signal was not allowing me to watch Damon Lane and I can't stand David Payne. I thought Morgan was very clear and fair in saying that it "could" be a tornado, showed why, and explained that it could also just be straight-line winds. He also made clear that the biggest threat even if it was a tornado would be windows being blown out, downed limbs, and a few missing shingles. Timmer, another guy whom I'm not crazy about, was clear when saying it was a wall cloud whether or not it was rotating. He did report the power flashes, but that's what spotters should do. Let's not forget that the storm did produce at least one tornado down in the Wichita Mountains, so it's not hard to imagine it spawning another F0-F1 type tornado.

I've been harsh on Morgan in the past, but I thought his coverage was accurate and fair, and he didn't try to "hype it up," he just reported the conditions and what he saw on radar.

[venture]

Short term models hinting at some isolated development late this afternoon in SW OK and also North Central OK. Looks like we will have full sun now for the rest of the day, so we'll see how this plays out.

[venture]

Slight risk has been modified to cover the area generally along and west of I-44.

...EASTERN KS SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN OK...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OCCURRED OVERNIGHT ACROSS
PARTS OF KS/OK AND NORTH TX...STABILIZING THE AIR MASS AND
INCREASING UNCERTAINTY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. STRONG HEATING IS LIKELY ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER EASTERN
KS AND WESTERN OK TODAY YIELDING A CORRIDOR OF MODERATE CAPE AND
ONLY WEAK CAP. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THIS AXIS BY LATE
AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE COLD FRONT MERGES WITH THE DRYLINE. THOSE
STORMS THAT FORM WOULD BE IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING
UPDRAFTS AND LARGE HAIL PRODUCTION...ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL
BE RATHER WEAK. THOSE STORMS THAT FORM WILL TRACK EASTWARD INTO
WESTERN MO DURING THE EVENING.

[zookeeper]

Maybe I was too harsh on Mike Morgan. I honestly thought it was all hype based on what the others were saying. But, I very well could be wrong. Thanks for the posts.

[bchris02]

The NWS has moved the area of highest risk to the metro and areas west of it.

[soonerguru]

More rain would be great. Got a good soaker in OKC last night.

[venture]

More rain would be great. Got a good soaker in OKC last night.

Yeah it was decent...



Now if NW OK could just get something.

[venture]

The NWS has moved the area of highest risk to the metro and areas west of it.

Highest risk is probably a bit strong. I like their use of "Most likely" when describing it. We are talking an area of like 10-20% surrounding a zone of 30-40% probabilities. Short term models really aren't kicking out much at all though, but we'll see what this sun can do.

[silvergrove]

GOES-14 is operating in rapid scan mode over the central US today.

GOES-14 SRSOR Imagery -- SSEC

[venture]

GOES-14 is operating in rapid scan mode over the central US today.

GOES-14 SRSOR Imagery -- SSEC

Nice find.

[zookeeper]

Highest risk is probably a bit strong. I like their use of "Most likely" when describing it. We are talking an area of like 10-20% surrounding a zone of 30-40% probabilities. Short term models really aren't kicking out much at all though, but we'll see what this sun can do.

Off-topic, but amazing. Isn't it strange to really think about the sun? We're waiting here in Oklahoma City, USA, planet Earth, to see if we'll get storms based on our cloud cover shielding some of the fire from this burning star almost 100 million miles away. It's there everyday, but to think about what it is, it's worth stopping to think about for a minute every now and then - and just marvel.

[Anonymous.]

Off-topic, but amazing. Isn't it strange to really think about the sun? We're waiting here in Oklahoma City, USA, planet Earth, to see if we'll get storms based on our cloud cover shielding some of the fire from this burning star almost 100 million miles away. It's there everyday, but to think about what it is, it's worth stopping to think a minute every now and then - and just marvel.

Astronomy is fascinating and it is a shame there isn't more education on it in grade schools.

At night during a full moon, I suggest you do the same since you can actually stare at it. Think about how this massive sphere is rotating at the same speed as Earth and is also orbiting Earth.

[Easy180]

Highest risk is probably a bit strong. I like their use of "Most likely" when describing it. We are talking an area of like 10-20% surrounding a zone of 30-40% probabilities. Short term models really aren't kicking out much at all though, but we'll see what this sun can do.

Pretty cloudy up here on NW side

[John1744]

Yeah I was pretty harsh on Mike Morgan last night, I'll blame it on it being 1 in the morning. In all fairness the couple times I flipped channels he was the only one still consistently on the air and advising people. I still have a bad taste in my mouth from some of his calls last year so I guess I'll always be a bit hesitant to trust him.

[ou48A]

Dallas tx-
339 pm cdt thu may 8 2014

...a tornado warning remains in effect until 415 pm cdt for
northeastern dallas county...

At 339 pm cdt...national weather service meteorologists detected a
severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado. This tornado was
located 6 miles southwest of garland...moving east at 40 mph.

The tornado will be near...
Garland and sunnyvale around 345 pm cdt...
Rowlett and sachse around 350 pm cdt...

[OKCisOK4me]

Off-topic, but amazing. Isn't it strange to really think about the sun? We're waiting here in Oklahoma City, USA, planet Earth, to see if we'll get storms based on our cloud cover shielding some of the fire from this burning star almost 100 million miles away. It's there everyday, but to think about what it is, it's worth stopping to think about for a minute every now and then - and just marvel.

No, it's puff puff pass...


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[woodyrr]

The velocity couplet was right over my brother's house in Dallas when the warning was issued. Watching TV TOR coverage in DFW is always frustrating.


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[Anonymous.]

CU field really bubbling now across OK.

Northern sides about to go up right now, struggling as it trails off to the SW. But Last hour shows CU building even into far W/SW OK along dryline.

[adaniel]

The velocity couplet was right over my brother's house in Dallas when the warning was issued. Watching TV TOR coverage in DFW is always frustrating.


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You are telling me (ughh!)

In a meeting and had no idea this was going on. No sirens, no emails, someone just happen to have a mobile alert on their phone. Fortunately it was in NE Dallas County whereas I am in Addison. It looks like there is quite a bit of damage and flooding. Really miss OK weathermen in situations like this.

[PennyQuilts]

Here's a question - I haven't checked the weather (came here, first) but my blind dog is on full alert and she hates storms. Anything starting to pop?

[bchris02]

Anything going up yet for us? We had cumulus clouds most of the day, which seems to be the case on outbreak days but now it appears to be all clear. What time do you think the dryline will fire storms that couple possibly affect OKC?