The Non-Winter Weather Thread

[Califan007 The Constipated]

 

[bcl05]

Almost all our snow was gone, and now we're getting thundersnow.  Blah.

 

[Cooked Crack]

 

 

[skinsmarydu]

It's been cloudy here since Sunday and going to be until this coming Sunday, rain on Friday...temps are all over the place. 

[China]

Two dead after multiple tornadoes leave significant damage across Oklahoma on Wednesday

 

At least nine tornadoes touched down Wednesday in Oklahoma, leaving two dead and widespread damage across parts of the state.

 

Below was a running blog of our severe weather coverage. Click here for the latest updates.

 

11:55 p.m. Wednesday Update: Due to storm damage in the Shawnee area, classes within Shawnee Public Schools will be canceled Thursday.

 

11:50 p.m. Wednesday Update: At least two people have been confirmed dead after tornadoes tore through Cole, McClain County Emergency Management said.

 

Click on the link for more

[skinsmarydu]

nm

Edited April 20, 2023 by skinsmarydu

[skinsmarydu]

Such a beautiful, breezy day!!! 

[China]

Dust storm in Illinois leaves at least 6 dead after dozens of vehicles crash on major highway, officials say

 

At least six people were killed after a dust storm caused dozens of vehicles to crash along a major highway in Central Illinois on Monday, officials said.

 

The crashes along I-55 led to the interstate closing in Sangamon and Montgomery counties after police say dust from newly plowed fields took over the highway. The city of Springfield, the state capital, is in Sangamon County.

 

Illinois State Police Maj. Ryan Starrick said at least six people were killed and more than 30 people were hospitalized with injuries ranging from minor to life-threatening. Those injured in the wrecks ranged in age from 2 to 80 years old, he said.

 

 

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[China]

El Niño is coming. Here's what that means for weather in the U.S.

 

 

As hot as the Earth's weather has been in recent years, it's about to get hotter: El Niño is on the way, with warmer sea temperatures promising new weather extremes, U.S. and international forecasters say.

 

For several years now, a persistent La Niña pattern in the equatorial Pacific Ocean has been easing some of the worst temperature rises, as well as shaking up precipitation patterns. But the World Meteorological Organization says that's all about to change.

 

"We just had the eight warmest years on record, even though we had a cooling La Niña for the past three years," WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said.

 

In the U.S., the shift promises relief in other forms, as the outgoing La Niña is associated with more hurricane activity in the East and drought in the West.

 

Here's a quick guide to these two influential climate patterns:

 

They affect hurricanes and other weather
El Niño usually brings a quieter Atlantic hurricane season and more hurricane activity in the Pacific, while La Niña does the opposite — a dynamic that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has compared to a seesaw.

 

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[China]

A monster typhoon is barreling toward a US territory with deadly winds and 25-foot storm surge

 

Super Typhoon Mawar is barreling toward Guam on Tuesday, threatening to slam into the US territory as the strongest storm there in more than 60 years.

 

The typhoon, which has strengthened rapidly in recent days, is posing a “triple threat” of devastation including deadly winds equivalent to a category 5 hurricane, exceptional storm surge and torrential rainfall, according to the National Weather Service office in Guam.

 

Mawar has been described as “one that will be re

 

Mawar has been described as “one that will be remembered for decades,” said Landon Aydlett, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist from the weather service in Guam. It is expected to strike the island – and possibly make a direct landfall – on Wednesday afternoon, local time (around or just after midnight on Wednesday, Eastern Time).

 

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[China]

Super Typhoon Mawar hits Guam as a Category 4 storm with fierce winds, knocks out power to thousands

 

Super Typhoon Mawar hit Guam as a Category 4 storm Wednesday, bringing hurricane-force winds and heavy rain and marking the strongest storm to hit the U.S. Pacific territory in decades.

 

Mawar was passing through the Rota channel clipping the northern part of Guam before 9 p.m. local time, with warnings in effect for winds of 115 mph or greater until 10:45 p.m. for tornado-like damage, the National Weather Service in Guam said. 

 

The typhoon’s eye wall passed over the northern tip of Guam around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday evening with 145 mph winds, the agency said.  

 

Mawar is located just 15 miles north, northeast of Guam moving to the northwest at 8 mph, according to the latest advisory.

 

“This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation," Landon Aydlett, warning coordinator for the weather service, said in a livestream Wednesday evening.

 

He warned locals to “take cover now” away from windows, with conditions expected to gradually subside Thursday morning. Guam lies west of the International Date Line and is 14 hours ahead of Eastern time. 

 

So far, the typhoon has brushed across the northern tip of Guam. It is the strongest storm to hit the territory of more than 150,000 people in decades, The Associated Press reported.

 

The storm has already knocked out power to tens of thousands. The islandwide power system was providing energy to just about 1,000 of its 52,000 customers, the Guam Power Authority said Wednesday afternoon.

 

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[skinsmarydu]

Crap.  We have a Naval base there. 

[TheGreatBuzz]

Probably my favorite duty station.  Hope they come out okay.  

30 minutes ago, skinsmarydu said:

Crap.  We have a Naval base there. 

 

Yea, Nimitz is about to park there.  

[TradeTheBeal!]

Yeesh.

 

 

[CousinsCowgirl84]

Thank goodness there is a lot of water in the Pacific Ocean

Edited May 26, 2023 by CousinsCowgirl84

[ixcuincle]

It's way too cold for may. Like summer is about to start and it's 47 degrees at 4 am. What gives 

"it just gets cold at night." 

 

Yeah and it was 59 degrees on Wednesday afternoon. I was in the house all day working so I step out in a t shirt and shorts and get hit hard. Had to get a jacket. In may! 

[ixcuincle]

Unofficial start to summer today. But it's 65 ****ing degrees out.

 

How does that work?

This the first year I can rememer as lifelong 40+ year DC resident that we just skipped over spring. Like, **** spring, give us 3 more months of winter. March, April, May, all winter. or at least "fall" like temperatures if you want to be exact

 

****, it been like 60 - 70 for the last 3 weeks lol

[dfitzo53]

I'm loving it to be honest. 90 degree days suck.

[skinsmarydu]

We're cloudy and 65 here.  Awesome.

[CobraCommander]

1 hour ago, ixcuincle said:

Unofficial start to summer today. But it's 65 ****ing degrees out.

 

How does that work?

This the first year I can rememer as lifelong 40+ year DC resident that we just skipped over spring. Like, **** spring, give us 3 more months of winter. March, April, May, all winter. or at least "fall" like temperatures if you want to be exact

 

****, it been like 60 - 70 for the last 3 weeks lol

You've been broken by DC. These are not winter temps. This is what spring is supposed to feel like.

 

Unofficial my butt. Summer starts June 20th.

Edited May 29, 2023 by CobraCommander

[ixcuincle]

 

[EmirOfShmo]

 

[CousinsCowgirl84]

El Niño increases wind shear in the Atlantic Ocean which is why less storms form. So even if ocean temps are warmer if the tops of thunderstorms are getting ripped away hurricanes don’t from. 

[skinsmarydu]

Nice little thunderstorm now. 

[skinsmarydu]

Tornado warnings are in effect.  It's not coming until around rush hour , but we're gonna get walloped.