Jean's favorite guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40ykqb-bAi0

You can scroll down and get almost the entire comprehensive weather picture updated constantly here.

Current Hazards at the link below.

Go to the link below, hit hazards box in the top right hand corner(it will also define all the color codes), if its not already in the hazards mode when you load the link.

 Then you can hit any spot on the map, including where you live and it will go to that NWS with all the comprehensive local weather information for that/your county. 

https://www.weather.gov/                                                                                                                 

New radar product below          

 https://radar.weather.gov/?settings=v1_eyJhZ2VuZGEiOnsiaWQiOm51bGwsImNlbnRlciI6Wy05NC45OCwzNy4wMl0sImxvY2F0aW9uIjpudWxsLCJ6b29tIjo0fSwiYW5pbWF0aW5nIjpmYWxzZSwiYmFzZSI6InN0YW5kYXJkIiwiYXJ0Y2MiOmZhbHNlLCJjb3VudHkiOmZhbHNlLCJjd2EiOmZhbHNlLCJyZmMiOmZhbHNlLCJzdGF0ZSI6ZmFsc2UsIm1lbnUiOnRydWUsInNob3J0RnVzZWRPbmx5IjpmYWxzZSwib3BhY2l0eSI6eyJhbGVydHMiOjAuOCwibG9jYWwiOjAuNiwibG9jYWxTdGF0aW9ucyI6MC44LCJuYXRpb25hbCI6MC42fX0%3D

Go to: "Select View" then "Local Radar"

Hit the purple circle to see that local radar site

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                          This link below provides some great data. After going to the link, hit "Mesoanalysis" then,  the center of any box for the area that you want, then go to observation on the far left, then surface observations to get constantly updated surface observations or hit another of the dozens of choices.

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/

Current temperatures:

http://wxmaps.org/

 National Wind Chill / Heat Index

   

https://thermastor.com/dew-point-and-weather-maps/

Current Conditions below updated every few minutes.

UPPER MIDWEST

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/new/viewsector.php?sector=13#

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/new/viewsector.php?sector=13#

LOWER MIDWEST

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/new/viewsector.php?sector=20

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/new/viewsector.php?sector=20#

  https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/new/viewsector.php?sector=20#                     

SOUTHCENTRAL  

      https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/new/viewsector.php?sector=15#

SOUTHEAST

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/new/viewsector.php?sector=18#

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/

mesoscale discussions

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/

History of severe weather with this system:

Thursday:

Friday: 83 tornadoes

Late afternoon Saturday, so far:

250 mb Jet stream later today:

How high up is 250 mb??? Around 34,000 feet, which is around 6.5 miles above the ground.

https://www.boqueteweather.com/millibars_altitude.htm

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What is the difference between a nautical mile and a knot?

The nautical mile measures distance and the knot measures speed

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/nautical-mile-knot.html

Nautical Miles

Nautical miles are used to measure the distance traveled through the water. A nautical mile is slightly longer than a mile on land, equaling 1.1508 land-measured (or statute) miles. The nautical mile is based on the Earth’s longitude and latitude coordinates, with one nautical mile equaling one minute of latitude.

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What is Knot Speed & How Does It Compare to MPH?

https://www.maximum-inc.com/learning-center/what-is-knot-speed/

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https://www.thoughtco.com/measuring-wind-speed-in-knots-3444011

Regional/local NWS offices:

https://www.nws.noaa.gov/organization.php

This system will not be high impact for Indiana!

Texas: https://www.weather.gov/maf/ 

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TX/Oklahoma

https://www.weather.gov/oun/

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    Kansas/MO

https://www.weather.gov/top/

Weather Story

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KS/MO/IA

    https://www.weather.gov/eax/

MO/IA/IL/WI

https://www.weather.gov/dvn/

Weather Story

                Weather Map            

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WI/MN/IL/IA

https://www.weather.gov/mkx/

Storm reports from Saturday/Saturday Night:

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/yesterday.html

Friday/Friday Night below. Extremely unusual for tornadoes to be more than double the severe thunderstorm wind reports!!!!!  It's likely happened before but I don't remember seeing it. 

A totally freaky situation in NE/IA that led to this where almost 100 tornadoes occurred  in a small region!!

Additional Storm reports for 4-28-24

https://scijinks.gov/tornado/

A tornado forms from a large thunderstorm. Inside thunderclouds, warm, humid air rises, while cool air falls--along with rain or hail. These conditions can cause spinning air currents inside the cloud. Although the spinning currents start out horizontal, they can turn vertical and drop down from the cloud--becoming a tornado.

How does a tornado form? | Explainer

https://www.c2es.org/content/tornadoes-and-climate-change/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado

 Doppler weather radar systems can detect mesocyclones within a supercell thunderstorm. This allows meteorologists to predict tornado formations throughout thunderstorms.^[106]

                Great Tri State Tornado 99 years ago            

                           Started by metmike - March 18, 2024, 2:38 p.m. 

           https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/102699/

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List of tornadoes causing 100 or more deaths

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tornadoes_causing_100_or_more_deaths

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Must-Know Tornado Statistics [Recent Analysis]

https://gitnux.org/tornado-statistics/

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Severe Weather 101                

Types of Tornadoes            

Tornadoes come from mainly two types of thunderstorms:  supercell and non-supercell.

https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/types/

QLCS tornadoes are associated with lines of strong thunderstorms, and frequently occur during late night and early morning hours. [+]

Squall Line/Bow Echo/QLCS

https://www.weather.gov/lmk/squallbow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_intensity

https://rainbowrestores.com/blog/what-is-the-fujita-scale

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https://www.atmos.illinois.edu/~nriemer/education/tornado_module.pdf

The science behind last Friday's tornado outbreak

               Why did so many strong tornadoes strike Nebraska and Iowa? 

https://www.3newsnow.com/weather/weather-blog/the-science-behind-last-fridays-tornado-outbreak

Nebraska, Iowa tornadoes: Authorities turn attention to recovery efforts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky44IKvNFjg

WATCH: Tornados strike Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa ...

Large tornado caught on camera crossing interstate in Nebraska

https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-tornado-video-interstate/60621455

Devastating footage shows horrific aftermath of tornadoes that barreled through Nebraska and Iowa - with one town almost completely FLATTENED

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13357241/tornado-aftermath-Nebraska-Iowa-video-forecast-texas-kansas-oklahoma.html

We had more severe weather earlier today in some of the same places that got hit hard recently. Mostly large hail this time.

You can scroll down from the top to see the latest weather in this area.

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/103567/