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"Sarah For Wisconsin:" Hail is Proof of Global Warming

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In a rather unhinged rant -- that has been removed from her Twitter/X feed -- Sarah Godlewsky says that hail in Wisconsin is proof of climate change. Fortunately, someone grabbed the rant and you can view it here . Sarah is Secretary of State for Wisconsin. In her rant she says we are "ignoring the environment." We've spent $16 trillion on global warming! And, most of it stupidly! Sarah evidently lives in Madison. The University of Wisconsin with its excellent meteorology department is also based there. I recommend Sarah take its basic meteorology class. In it, she will learn the difference between climate and weather. Wisconsin has always had hail and will always have hail.  In addition, the 1984 Barneveld, WI F-5 tornado was one of the worst in the history of the United States and it occurred at night. Global average temperatures were quite a bit cooler in 1984 (we had just finished the mid-20th Century cooling that climate scientists still cannot explain) -- so you ce...
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3rd Tornado Watch Issued - Another Dangerous Weather Day

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Update: 3:31pm Update at 1:44pm In addition to tornadoes, softball size hail and wind gusts of 85 mph are likely! Note that, in addition to tornadoes, softball  size hail and wind gusts to 70 mph are forecast.  Updated 11:40am This is a day to keep up on the weather! I will be providing additional real-time updates on Twiter/X   @usweatherexpert.  Tornado Risk The Upper Midwest yellow area with counter-hatching is where is an  enhanced  probability of  violent  tornadoes. This is a rare forecast.  The yellow areas with regular hatching is where strong tornadoes are forecast.  The brown area with hatching has a significant risk of tornadoes and the hatching means they could be strong. The brown unhatched areas have a significant risk of tornadoes.  I have added the yellow area in the central Great Plains.  Extreme Damaging Winds Dark hatching indicates winds of 85+ mph forecast. Hatching indicates gusts of 75 mph or stronger are...
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Thank You for Reading My Blog

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I appreciate so many of you reading my blog this week. Thank you!
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Get Ready for a Dangerous Weather Day Friday - Updated 6:10pm Thursday

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This Forecast Has Been Updated . This has really been a difficult week with tornadoes, floods, dam breaks, giant hail and thunderstorm-generated wind gusts of more than 80 mph. Unfortunately, we have one more day and tomorrow has the potential to be the worst of all. Here's a breakdown:  Tornado Risk The yellow area with counter-hatching is where is an enhanced  probability of  violent  tornadoes. This is a rare forecast.  The yellow areas with regular hatching is where strong tornadoes are forecast.  The brown area with hatching has a significant risk of tornadoes and the hatching means they could be strong. The brown unhatched areas have a significant risk of tornadoes.  Be careful in the Upper Midwest: the severe thunderstorms and tornadoes may begin as early as 10am. There could be more than one round of thunderstorms throughout the entire area above.  Damaging Thunderstorm-Generated Winds Hatching indicates gusts of 75 mph or stronger are for...
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What Good is a Storm Warning That is 22 Minutes Late?

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We subscribe to AT&T's U-Verse and, at least in the KC area, its storm warnings are terrible. They might get someone seriously injured. Yesterday, several severe thunderstorm warnings were issued by the Kansas City NWS office for the Greater Kansas City area. The severe thunderstorm you see above was 22 minutes late. And, it isn't even for the Kansas City area. The severe thunderstorm warning issued by the KC NWS before this one was  for the KC area and it never displayed at all! Warnings were nearly as late Monday evening when tornadoes were passing just to the south of the KC Metro. Evidently, AT&T doesn't care about the customer service it provides based on this, frequent internet interruptions, and outside of the U.S. telephone operators. The FCC mandates that operators of services like U-Verse (including DirecTV, etc.) must provide storm warnings. Evidently, they are not checking to see if the warnings are useful. I hope a person using U-Verse is never in the p...
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Today's Tornado Risk - New York

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There is only one small area with a significant tornado risk today and it is in Upstate New York. The area in brown may see a tornado or two. Please keep up on the weather information throughout the day. Tomorrow looks like a major severe weather day. I'll have more on that early this afternoon. 
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The Otus Project

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There have been a lot of upset atmospheric scientists (here's one ) recently because of the Trump Administration's proposed cuts to meteorological research.  Without getting into that subject, I want to bring your attention to how innovative research in weather science can still be done without spending millions and millions of dollars: The OTUS Project . They are flying drones into tornadoes and conducting measurements -- something that never before has been done.  They are licensing their footage and asking for donations to sustain themselves. You can donate at the orange link above. 
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