Newman! Otto Have you ever noticed they are never in the same room together? Perhaps they are the same person.  [In fairness, I was filling my Diet Coke while Wayne Knight, the actor who played Newman was getting a coffee while waiting for a plane in New York. He is much better looking in person than on Seinfeld,  I suspect because the producers wanted him to appear poorly on camera as he was a semi-villain.]

We have a very small area with a significant tornado risk today.  The brown = a significant risk of tornadoes. Hatching = if a tornado occurs, it could be "strong" (EF-2 or stronger). 

To all of my colleagues, enjoy the day and the well-earned accolades.  We have eliminated  downburst-caused airline accidents  saving  hundreds of lives. The death rate from tornadoes has been cut by 95%!

The NWS's job -- and only job -- should be to provide outstanding forecasts and  storm warnings for the public-at-large, which pays their salaries.  With the National Weather Service falling apart , the last thing they should be doing is redeploying meteorologists -- when they are already badly shorthanded -- to World Cup cities to provide weather security for the matches.  Kansas City World Cup ticket prices. These are the  least expensive tickets for each match.  Addition: These are prices for the Denver games. The price is for a pair of tickets. You want to tell me to believe the  organizers cannot afford a few thousand dollars for an  expert commercial meteorological service?! The FIFA (World Cup organizers) should take the revenue from just a few of those tickets and pay a commercial weather company -- which after all specialize in this type of assignment -- to do the weather security. This especially true since NWS meteorologists' training in han...

 A safe room, properly constructed, is the way to go. This survived the Enid EF-4 tornado one week ago today.  You can also purchase a tornado shelter. If your home has neither a basement nor a safe room, Survive-A-Storm makes fine shelters. They also have the Storm Warn service where (my recorded voice) will call you for a tornado warning or a warning of ≥ 80 mph winds only.  That way, you don't get called at 5am for hail; which usually, and loudly, makes its presence known without a phone call.

I want to congratulate the NWS for its high quality forecast and warnings of yesterday's violent tornadoes in the South. Undoubtedly, lives were saved given the severe damage.  Well done!!

Guess he's made all he can from global warming.