The Non-Winter Weather Thread

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[ixcuincle]

I was working yesterday and it was legit 56 degrees out in May with rain

 

It's going to be 60's today. It's not winter anymore.

 

This cold weather has long overstayed it's welcome

[China]

Stormy Pattern In South Could Produce Severe Weather, Flooding Rain

 

A pair of weather systems will bring wet weather to parts of the South, Midwest and East this week. The South has the greatest risk of some severe weather as well as flooding rainfall.

Here's what to know.

 

An isolated severe weather threat is possible through Wednesday: Showers and storms are spreading across the South right now. Below is a look at the latest radar along with any watches and/or warnings that are in effect.

 

 

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[China]

Some in Houston facing no power for weeks after storms cause widespread damage, killing at least 4

 

Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday, after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses in the region, blowing out windows on downtown high rises and flipping vehicles.

 

The National Weather Service said it confirmed a tornado with peak winds of 110 mph (177 kph) touched down near the northwest Houston suburb of Cypress in Harris County.

 

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the county’s top elected official, said crews were still trying to determine the extent of the damage and the number of casualties from Thursday’s storms. Houston Mayor John Whitmire said four people, and possibly five, had died.

 

“It was fierce. It was intense. It was quick, and most Houstonians didn’t have time to place themselves out of harms way,” Whitmire said at a news conference.

 

With multiple transmission towers down, Hidalgo urged patience. Thousands of utility workers were headed to the area, where power had already been restored to roughly 200,000 customers. Another 100,000 customers were without power in Louisiana, down from a peak of 215,000.

 

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[ixcuincle]

it's late spring and still 60's outside lol

 

shouldn't have to wear a jacket in may.

 

 

[ixcuincle]

back to reasonable temperatures starting tomorrow. long overdue. 

 

[China]

NOAA issues its most severe May hurricane season forecast ever

 

The upcoming hurricane season is likely to be especially active due to factors including the return of La Nina and extremely warm waters in the Atlantic, NOAA forecasters announced Thursday.

 

The outlook amounted to the most severe the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has ever issued for the Atlantic basin in its May analysis, just ahead of the start of the season. 

 

The forecast for the season beginning June 1 and ending November 30 predicts 17-25 named storms, 8 to 13 hurricanes and 4-7 major hurricanes of Category 3 and above.

 

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[China]

Massive melon-size hail could be a Texas record

 

An extreme rotating thunderstorm dropped cantaloupe-size hail and produced a tornado in the Texas Panhandle on Sunday, part of a larger severe weather episode that took storms all the way to North Dakota. One of the hailstones was at least six inches in diameter, if not larger, and could be declared a Texas state record.

 

 

The stone was recovered by Val and Amy Castor, storm chasers with News 9 in Oklahoma City. The couple found the stone about 10 miles northwest of the Mackenzie Reservoir in rural Swisher County, Tex., three miles north-northwest of Vigo Park.

 

They snapped photos of a spiky hailstone next to a can of Monster Energy, which, if it’s a standard can, is 6.5 inches tall. Val Castor later posted on Facebook that the stone “conservatively” measured at least seven inches long. If the stone closes in on seven-inch territory, it could qualify as a state record.

 

The record in Texas is a hailstone measuring 6.4 inches that was recovered near Hondo, west of San Antonio, on April 28, 2021. It doesn’t come close to the eight-inch bowling-ball-size hailstone that crashed to the ground near Vivian, S.D., on July 23, 2010. It weighed nearly two pounds.

 

The National Weather Service in Lubbock is investigating the newly discovered hailstone.

 

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