10/04/2024
With the spicy cajun weather we’re having down here today and tomorrow, I figured it’d be a good time to circulate some important NWS/SPC graphics made available at all times but especially during severe weather events/outbreaks 🌩️
The first graphic will maintain importance for not just today and tomorrow and not just for the south, but for all of the U.S. during severe weather season.
The second is a day 2 outlook (day 1 = today, day 2 = tomorrow), specific for Thursday, April 11. Day 1/today’s outlook is largely more severe and dramatic, but not for my current areas of interest. Tomorrow is where my “concerns” (read: adrenaline enhancements) lie, since the storms will be targeting generally the greater central to northeast Florida and southeast Georgia area. Today the drama is occurring further west over southern AL, MS, and eastern LA 🌪️
The day 2 outlook is also mainly severe thunderstorms, which are classified as having one or more of the following conditions: 1) hail with diameter of at least an inch; 2) a confirmed tornado; 3) low to mid level wind speeds of at least 50 knots (58 mph) - and therefore imply the risk of all 3 occurring.
Specific categorical risks (probabilities of specific risks, such as hail, tornados, or damaging wind) are all available on the SPC website.
The NWS/SPC are just part of my long list of resources when forecasting for weather. I don’t ever rely solely on one source, so I strongly recommend that you don’t either when making safety decisions.
But anyways….yay thunder and lightning!! 😍