Waiting on a Jetstreak March 31, 2008

Check out the light blue “egg” just pushing into southern New Mexico in the upper level chart above.  This Jetstreak will serve as a “kicker”, enhancing lift across our area as it approaches later in the day.  Plenty of moisture is in place with dewpoints in the upper 50s and low 60s.  We’re expecting the [...]

KOCO Live Streaming 11:30 PM Sunday March 31, 2008

A A couple of supercells just west of Oklahoma City have been carrying tornado warnings for the past several hours.  Check out the live streaming video.  We’ll be posting more shortly.
 http://www.koco.com/video_legacy/11098209/index.html

2:00 AM Update March 30, 2008

A round of severe thunderstorms, mainly south of I-40 where conditions were ripe, have weakened substantially.  We’ll continue to see rain showers with embedded lighting and thunder throughout the overnight period which will likely continue off and on through most of Sunday.  By tomorrow evening a similar feature which we’ve seen tonight, a strengthening of [...]

An Active Period Ahead March 30, 2008

Our dewpoints, presently in upper 40s, are slowly but surely coming up.  Dewpoints of 55F or better are usually a good indicator of sufficient moisture that can support supercells.  Overnight tonight as a weak frontal boundary translates northward, expect storms to develop.  Winds at some 5000′ will kick up to 40 mph or so with a [...]

Impressive Severe Weather Photos……… March 28, 2008

These photos were taken by two different people, at two different angles; however, they were both taken at College Place subdivision in Bentonville, AR. In the first photo you can see the mesocyclone, along with the wall cloud below it. The second shot was a close up view of the wall cloud.
No actual touchdown was [...]

8:00 Pm Update March 28, 2008

There have been many reports of hail up to the size of golf balls across Benton County and across much eastern OK. Trained storm spotters did report a tornado 1 mile north of Council Hill, in Muskogee County, OK.The heaviest activity is now south of the River Valley area and moving to the [...]

Thunderstorms Firing March 27, 2008

We’ve got a springtime clash of the air masses happening right now. For most of the day the atmosphere was “capped”; a layer of warm air sat aloft and inhibited rising motion and convection. This “cap” is breaking! A thin line of shower activity along with some Strong to severe thunderstorms are developing. [...]

STRONG STORMS NEXT WEEK… March 26, 2008

Here is a look at the precipitation forecast for Monday night into Tuesday morning. This is very far out but right now there could be a possibility for some strong thunderstorms. Some of these storms could produce some heavy rain, exactly what we don’t need. We will be watching this storm system [...]

Severe Weather Special……….. March 26, 2008

We want to invite all of you to watch our Storm Team Special this Thursday evening, at 6:30, only on 40/29. We’ll look at future radar technology, severe weather safety, and a special behind the scenes look at a severe weather event.

Windy Conditions…Here Comes the Moisture March 25, 2008

Windy conditions dominated the weather headlines for Tuesday. The winds are also signalling the return of deeper moisture from the Gulf of Mexico; that moisture may materialize into thunderstorms for Thursday and Friday.

Look at the winds at 850 mb. These strong afternoon winds around 5,000 ft aloft helped to mix the atmosphere out, and produce [...]