Severe Weather Possible Today - 3/22/11

There is an elevated risk for severe weather today according the the National Weather Service's Hazardous Weather Outlook. The risks include:

• Elevated risk for large hail
• Limited risk for damaging t-storm winds
• Limited risk for an isolated tornado
• Limited risk for lightning
• Limited risk for non t-storm wind gusts over 30
• Elevated fire danger

You should stay tuned to local weather forecasts. Make sure your NOAA All Hazards Radio is on and backed up by battery. If you don't own a NOAA All Hazards Radio, you should. Click the link for a previous blog post on selecting one.

Severe Weather Possible Today

Severe weather is possible today. According to the National Weather Service, the risks are as follows:

Large Hail - Elevated Risk

Thunderstorm Wind - Elevated Risk

Lightning - Elevated Risk

Tornadoes - Limited Risk

You should stay tuned to local weather forecasts. Make sure your NOAA All Hazards Radio is on and backed up by battery. If you don't own a NOAA All Hazards Radio, you should. Click the link for a previous blog post on selecting one.

Why Tornado Forecasting is Tough

Here's a neat article from the LiveScience website describing why tornado forecasting is so difficult. It also discusses warning lead time, and improvements in the near future that should help improve them! Great read..enjoy.

Strong Storms Possible Today

Strong storms are possible this afternoon and evening. Damaging winds and hail are the biggest threat.

You should stay tuned to local weather forecasts. Make sure your NOAA All Hazards Radio is on and backed up by battery. If you don't own a NOAA All Hazards Radio, you should. Click the link for a previous blog post on selecting one.

SPC-2010 Annual Severe Weather Report Summary

Here is an interesting report for those weather weenies out there. It's the Storm Prediction Center 2010 Annual Severe Weather Report Summary. The image to the right is a summary of all of the tornado reports last year. Eighty tornadoes were reported in Missouri in 2010. Takes some time to explore this report, it's very cool, allowing you to drill down into different areas via hyper-link.

Enjoy!