From this we see EPAC is coming alive. Lower Pressures in GOM BOC Both GOM & BOC are favorable for June. This is May. But looking ahead a bit. With water temperatures hotter than normal. We could have a late May/June 1st system. Kind of a "hey, don't forget Hurricane Season" Keeping this short today. Basic. Check your home for these supplies before you shop, as you never know what you'll find under the sink or in those hidden places you stash stuff and then forget about it. With cost of living an ongoing issue, it's hard to even think about buying hurricane supplies for a h ..read more

  Our side of the world above. Tropics lit up a bit. Ok and Tx get a rest from Twisters. Old Mason Dixie Line area targeted today. Huge High in place over parts of the Tropics. If you're in the colorful part of this map. The Christmas like greens and reds.... Pay attention to your local weather. Love old maps that show you what you'll get In criss cross patterns of green and red! Purple blue bullseye is a lot of rain. Elevation can cause flash flooding Severe Weather... ..pay attn. Note Florida is fairly dry. More on that deeper into the blog. And, deep in the SW Caribbe ..read more

  Nothing happening in the tropics today. Always lots of speculation in May. Racing season actually. Fronts still racing across the USA from West to East High Rain Totals next 7 days. It's May and frontal boundaries don't move as fast! I so love old maps! Bullseye over the same region hit often of late. My friend Rush (not that Rush) mentioned last night "hurricane highways" concept and indeed there are certain highways hurricanes seem to travel more than other roads not taken. South Florida, through the Florida Keys into GOM and often a heavy hitting hurricane in Miami mak ..read more

  add pics in the morning…. By the time you read this........the sun will have come up and we will see the horrific damage in Sulphur, Oklahoma and many other towns from Oklahoma to Kansas to ...well earlier tonight there was a warning for a town in Michigan while chasers were chasing in Oklahoma. Dawn will make the damage from the day before look doubled, tripled as this wild line snakes its way through an area known for bad tornadoes but this truly was the Night of the Tornadoes... Twisters. And, when you watch the new Twister remember that's not real and this is real........ and while ..read more

  As we cruise into May.... this is where we pay attention. Note the flow over Panana moving from the SW to NE Also notice the flow moving NE from Mexico over the USA Feeding the severe storms and chase weather we have ongoing. Close up a look at this interesting box. This region encompasses the Deep Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. If you cut the map vertically, you will see this area as one region and what happens in one area impacts the other. Strong convection is moving off of Colombia which later in the season produces convection frequently that can develop and/or westbou ..read more

  Our area that was highlighted yesterday.... .... is no longer mentioned. As you can see from the loop above.... ...the flow is from West to East still. Caribbean is still out of the SW to NE Not ready for prime time yet. But time to think on your priorities. Planning ahead is my best advice. A look at the 5 day shows the HIGH. Double barreled high on some days. That tends to dry out the atmopshere in the SE Fronts try and move South and collapse. This is the MDR Main Development Region. Red - Saharan Dust. The deeper the red... the stronger the dust. Moving West towards ..read more

  That' dark area in the sea of reds and golds is convection. Visible in many ways, but kind of fun to use an out of the box method here in Mid April. The Caribbean is coming alive........day by day. Not ready for prime time yet....  Winds aloft blowing, flowing SW to NE Not conducive for development. And yet it hangs in there. Stubbornly! Huge sprawling Low.... ...taking up the whole NE Atlantic. Frontal boundaries moving along still. Not there yet... still Spring. This picture shows many things. West to East. New front moving East across USA/Canada Sturbborn convection in ..read more

 On June 12th, 1994 the world was rocked with a news story that went on to dominate the news cycle for the following year. It's a date and a time many will not forget. OJ Simpson a much beloved football player that broke many records in college and won the Heisman Trophy in 1968 for his incredible run at USC in the heart of LA was suddenly the suspect in his wife Nicole Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman's death! OJ went on after college to fame playing for the Buffalo Bills and infact had become quite the football hero, to many, as well as a public figure who had acted and was popular o ..read more

You can find these radars live on Mike's Weather Page I-95 in GA and Carolinas gonna be messy today Coastal storms on the beach if you like wild weather. Fronts still moving down........ ...often spin up early season named storms in May. Something to think on..... Let's start here.......... ...from far away and wide view. You can see what we're watching today. Chasing, tracking, discussing. Let's go in closer A stream of moisture is zooming up from the Yuke Crashing head on with a strong spinning Low. Tornadoes, Flooding, Spring Storms. Note the triangular appearance on this image ..read more

  Of course what gets into Alabama... edges into Florida Panhandle and Georgia . This is a textbook "bow echo" pushing East. Particularly Dangerous Situation there. In motion you can see the need to push East.. Bow Echo....developing in real time. Tornado, Hail, Severe Weather and Flooding All concerns today. Easy to follow the radars....... ...on Mike's Weather Page www.spaghettimodels.com And you can watch Reed chase... ...that's what I'm doing. While doing other things this morning! Ps...of course TWC is live... As cells move from Hammond to Picayune! Stay tuned ..read more