Opinion: The Storm Predicition Center Should Become Regionalized

I am all for change within the meteorological world. It’s something that a lot of meteorologists surprisingly fight against, but as with anything, people get set in their ways and refuse to try to do things better. Social media is one example. The weather world (at least NWS affiliates) was several years behind on that […]

Iowa Hit By Extreme Flooding

Extreme flooding has impacted the state of Iowa the past few days, with some pretty incredible scenes unfolding as a result.  The area has been struck by a number of strong and severe weather over the past few days, and this continues today.  The following is a screenshot taken from the Iowa Flood Center.  Current […]

Storm Prediction Center Convective Outlook

I’m sure you read Landon’s post this morning and saw this image: So what exactly does this graphic tell us? That’s going to be the topic for today’s Weather 101 post. This is an example of the Storm Prediction Center Convective Outlook. It is basically a map depiction of where the Storm Prediction Center, a […]