East's Weather Page: 2011-04-17

>> Friday, April 22, 2011

Feeling more like a February day out there today with many Piedmont highs in the 50s and rain at times. However, by Easter Sunday, it will feel more like June! Details in today's video....

>> Thursday, April 21, 2011

Here is today's edition of the Carolina Weather Video. Weather changes taking place....

Some Springtime shots I snapped today...

>> Wednesday, April 20, 2011

A little meso-low has formed and is driving the activity crossing northern Georgia into western South Carolina as of 9am. If that feature can maintain itself, we might wind up with more in the way of showers and storms into the Upstate and Piedmont regions than most modeling indicated, at least across SC and southern-most NC. We will see.

Most dewpoints in the Piedmont are in the 60s, and instability levels are climbing. While all of the synoptic scale (large scale) dynamics are pulling away well to the north, smaller-scale feature, such as that meso-low, can play a huge role, and often times play a role that the models cannot envision.

So, we will see how things unfold today. I imagine a few severe thunderstorm warnings might be required somewhere around the region if things do pop.

This morning's video is below....

Warm again today...a few showers and storms...

Highs will again surge well up into the 80s across the Piedmont today. However, changes are coming. A cold front moves in today and will produce a few showers and storms. Then much cooler temperatures to finish the work week. See today's edition of the video below to details...

Severe weather outbreak today to our northwest...

>> Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Another big-time severe weather outbreak is likely today from the Ozarks to the eastern Great Lakes. A large 'moderate' severe weather risk has been put out in that region.

I expect that by this evening, storms will quickly organize into a powerful line of storms....and I anticipate there being a lot of wind damage reports. In fact, I would not be surprised of a derecho were to occur.

Here are the wind probabilities from the SPC...

Into the 80s! Big severe weather event today to our northwest....

Here is today's edition of the Carolina Weather Video. Another big severe weather outbreak gets underway today off to our northwest. Quite warm the next couple of days, but some changes lie ahead....