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Sunday night, one of the biggest sports stories of the year wrote itself. After over 50 years without a sports championship, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers won an NBA Championship, the first in the franchise’s history. Not only did they make history in that sense, but the Cavs were the first team in NBA […]
Tag: tornadoes
Sixth Anniversary of Infamous Tornado Outbreak was Saturday
On Saturday (June 17th), the sixth anniversary of the 2010 Northern Plains tornado outbreak occurred. This was a fairly wild tornado outbreak, as it produced well over 50 tornadoes across North Dakota, Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The system was very dynamic in nature, which may be surprising because of the time of year, but it […]
Severe Weather in Northern Great Plains
In addition to the wild weather that we saw yesterday, there was some severe weather over South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. The same shortwave that will propagate towards us tomorrow and influence us today was yesterday forcing some severe storms across that region of the world. There were some supercells, damaging winds and even a […]
Opinion: The Definition of a Tornado Outbreak Needs Updating
What do you think of when you see posted in an article title, “There has been a tornado outbreak…”? Do you think of a set number of tornadoes, an idea of what a tornado outbreak is, supercells, a place in the world, etc? The list of things associated with tornado outbreaks can be expanded upon […]
Twin Tornadoes Strike Germany
Yesterday, two tornadoes touched down in close proximity to each other. You may guess that this occurred in Oklahoma, or Kansas, but it didn’t. It occurred in Germany. Some crazy weather has been occurring in that region of the world recently, but this is pretty crazy in and of itself. The phenomena that formed in […]
Five Years Ago Today: Massachusetts Tornadoes
On this day five years ago, a severe weather event occurred in Massachusetts, and produced four tornadoes across a small area. These tornadoes occurred within a small proximity to Springfield, MA, with the strongest tornado taking a direct path across Springfield. Northeastern US severe weather events always fascinate me, but especially tornado events across that […]
WxOrNotBG Tweets of the Week
Twitter is a meteorologist’s best friend and worst enemy. Meteorologists send out hundreds of tweets per day, and it is such a useful tool for dispensing information. Many times, though, hype will begin and spread like fire on Twitter. Other times, it saves someone’s life. Therefore, Twitter sees the best and worst out of meteorologists […]
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 […]
Kansas Supercell Drops Several Tornadoes
Last evening across western Kansas, a monster supercell formed and slowly moved northward. This storm formed along a boundary interaction with the dryline to form this, and other, supercells. This was an absolute beast, and produced upwards of a dozen tornadoes as reported by some chasers on the storm. Because of its relative isolation, this […]
WxRecap: Absolutely Wild Weather Day to Our West
Recapping the day today, my forecast was only so-so in terms of accuracy. I was right on the mark with the forecast high temp today, and that makes me really happy. However, the shower/storm threat that I thought would be there ended up not coming to fruition. We did have very light showers move through […]