Since I woke up this morning I’ve been watching the weather for tomorrow with earnest, eagerness and almost an addictive quality. The weather for tomorrow looks extra nice, extra special and extra sweet for people like me. The storm prediction center out it the boondocks of Oklahoma has included us in a moderate risk for severe weather tomorrow. Whats even better is the brought out the blue hatched shading on the outlook for tomorrow indicating a 60% chance of severe weather which in the SPC’s vocabulary they are saying were going to get hammered, no question.
Then I start looking at the soundings for the area…. which also look extra nice. By the way you can click any of the images to enlarge them. Here is the sounding for Lansing, MI.
Lansing, MI Sounding
Notice how in the first 12,000 feet the wind direction makes a nearly 180 degree turn. This means there is a good chance of supercell development. The temperatures and dewpoints in this chart look very nice as well.
It seems like tomorrow we could get hit by a MCS/Derecheo in mid AM from the leftovers to the west of us….. then in the afternoon get hammered by our own round of fun.
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