Severe Weather Threat Ignites Across the Central Plains! (credit: NWS Storm Prediction Center)2/28/2017  DISCUSSION: As a strengthening low pressure system continues to slowly shift eastward across parts of the Central Plains, many densely populated across Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Arkansas, and Indiana will be "under the gun" through the evening and overnight hours. Due to fairly high dew point temperatures as well as consistently strong southwesterly flow coming into the Central Plains since overnight Monday, the areas highlighted in the graphic above (courtesy of forecasters at NWS Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma) will be under the greatest threat. More specifically, due to the relatively warm air temperatures in place at the surface, this has already and will continue to facilitate a fairly buoyant environment for air parcels to ascend with little to no adverse factors affecting their ascension.
These factors combined with the relatively large amount of localized rotation of the wind direction with height across these states will make for an enhanced tornado threat as day moves on and through much of the evening as well. It is for this reason that if you or someone you know is or will be within the confines of the yellow-, orange-, and/or red-shaded regions above, that they remain vigilant tonight and keep a weather radio, cell phone, or alternative device (and with a full charge) nearby to remain updated on this evolving severe weather threat through the evening and overnight hours. Be sure to stay tuned right here at the Global Weather and Climate Center for updates on this latest severe weather threat! To learn more about other severe weather events occurring around the world, be sure to click here! ©2017 Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz
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Neat Satellite Analysis of Recent Severe Weather Event! (credit: Meteorologist Sheldon Kusselson)2/26/2017  DISCUSSION: In light of the recent severe weather event which impacted parts of the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, the above graphic (as created by Meteorologist Sheldon Kusselson) illustrates how this very recent severe weather threat unfolded from the perspective of satellite imagery analysis. Note the various factors which combined to make this a formidable severe weather threat! Read the graphic above for all the details!
To learn more about other severe weather events occurring around the world, be sure to click here! ©2017 Sheldon Kusselson 
DISCUSSION: As strong storms pushed through sections of the greater Shallotte area of South Carolina, there were incredibly robust impacts from the thunderstorms which raced through this region. As shown in the video above, there were very strong winds associated with the passage of these strong storms as winds reached up to somewhere between 85 and 100 mph which is reflected by how violently the trees were being whipped around in this particular video. These strong winds were most likely the result of a downburst reaching the surface as this particular thunderstorm moved through. As a point of insight, a downburst occurs when rain-cooled air just beneath the base of the cloud deck continues to descend towards the surface. As a result of the large temperature different between the region just inside the base of the thunderstorm and the area located just beneath the base of the thunderstorm, the air races even faster towards the ground and then spreads out across the Earth's surface upon impact. The results are often quite violent which is clearly shown in the video footage captured above (courtesy of Deborah Corman before being shared by CBS-affiliate WBTW, South Carolina). To read more about this particular story from the WBTW website, feel free to click here!
To learn more about other high-impact severe weather events occurring around the world, be sure to click here! ©2017 Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz Severe Storms Impact Sections of Eastern Spain! (credit: Gabriel Timbaler via Meteo Europe)2/2/2017 
DISCUSSION: With much of western Europe positioned along and to the east of the approaching cold front associated with an intense extra-tropical low pressure system spinning over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, there was a complex situation in place. This interesting weather situation is best described by the fact that much of western Europe was positioned within the warm sector of the aforementioned low pressure system which promoted increased ascension of air parcels in these regions. With this substantial increase in the buoyancy of air parcels across this region, convective storms had a much easier time breaking through and opposing factors at play. Therefore, as you can seen as an example in the image above (captured over in Sástago, Spain by Gabriel Timbaler), there was undoubtedly a healthy combination of vertical wind shear as well as atmospheric instability in place.
This favorable convective combination helped to promote deep, rotating convective storms such as the supercell thunderstorm observed near the city of Sástago, Spain! It goes without saying that this was a dangerous storm for those areas which were at some point positioned beneath the storm itself. You can also see how there also appeared to be a shelf cloud beneath the more central part of the storm which can be found in the bottom left-hand corner of the picture above. This indicated that there was most definitely a strong rotational presence within the storm since this is a feature which is often associated with tornado-producing supercell thunderstorms all over the world. To learn more about other high-impact weather events occurring across Europe, be sure to click here! ©2017 Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz |
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