Is May Finally Back?

It’s pretty obvious that we’re in a bit of an unusually quiet period in terms of severe weather for the month of May, which is usually one of the busiest months. It’s been pretty dead for the past 8 days. Take a look at the average severe weather ‘zone’ for the middle of May. According to climatology, we’d expect to be spending a lot of time in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas this time of year, which we normally do.

This is a stark contrast to the first week of May, where we saw several intense thunderstorms, mostly in Texas.

This short break has allowed Project WeatherEye to do some maintenance. A few hardware parts have needed replaced and our servers have needed upgrading. There has been no period of rest and every day has been filled with tasks.

Looking Ahead

In brief, while today yields basically nothing, expect our first robust severe chances in the past several days to occur tomorrow in an area stretching from Nebraska to North Dakota. There shouldn’t be too. much to write home about with this one.

Thursday (day 3) and Friday (day 4) are most interesting. These two days could actually produce stronger types of severe weather, and maybe even tornadoes. We’ve spent a lot of time in the Memphis area this year, and it looks like we’re not done yet.

We’ll have an update tomorrow morning discussing the specifics of these upcoming days— we’ll have more accurate model data available.