TornadoFan's look at Gulf Coast Weather

Hurricane Warning for Mobile/Pensacola areas

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:51:00 GMT

Hard to believe - almost mid-November. We shall see.Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.---------------------------------------------------------11/8Well, Ida seem determined to cause a nuisance to the Mobile/Pensacola area and points east. Models have it curving east right at the coast. Will it curve before hitting? Will it transition to extratropical before hitting? I'm starting to have my doubts. --------------------------------------------------------...
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Interesting week for Severe Risk

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:42:00 GMT

10/30 - Fairly active day yesterday in Louisiana. Looks like today will be calmer. Below is a picture of a church steeple landing on a car occupied by a gentleman. According to TWC last night he survived but was in serious condition.1 dead, thousands without power in wake of tornadoes-----------------------------------------------------------10/29 - Tornado Watch boxes are out this morning for Texas and Oklahoma in the pre-dawn hours. I don't see many warnings, ...
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Severe/Tornado risk today

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:40:00 GMT

Early Thursday 10/22It appears that the weather could get active across SE Texas and Louisiana, along with surrounding areas. I've update the graphics below. Unfortunately, I won't be around the Internet this afternoon to watch it. Figures...NHC has now two areas of interest - our ex-94L and another near the Bahamas. Will have to watch both. I don't anticipate the Bahamas area to get strong, but it is closer and may enhance rain chances for Florida. The Caribb...
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T-storms as heat goes away

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:34:00 GMT

10/16 early AMA cold front is slowing making its way down the Florida peninsula and should clear it by late tomorrow. In front of it, t-storms should form, however the possibility of tornadoes are quite small. Eyes are focusing on Rick in the EPAC. Will it cross Mexico and cause a heavy rain event for Texas and the Southeast? We will have several days to watch it play out.Graphs updated below...--------------------------------------------------------10/15 early ...
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The Beat, er Heat, is on!

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:48:00 GMT

Well, the sea breeze storms I anticipated yesterday did NOT come close to forming. However, the set up is slightly better today as we have a Meso over Texas currently heading in this general direction. I’ll up the chance of rain all the way up to 10%, with chance of hearing thunder at 20%. I’ve attached yesterday’s reasoning for more info.The change is the forecast is that MAYBE, just MAYBE, the sea breeze will kick up a storm hither and thither locally. A...
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