As you saw previously, in the weather category, I was live blogging the thunderstorms as they came through the region May22nd. Well, we have a better chance a severe weather on June 1st (tomorrow). I won’t be able to live blog it, since I will be working while it is occuring. So keep up with [...]
The Severe Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has given us slight risk of severe storms overnight. Check out this link to the NWS Gaylord, MI Web Story. Check out the Facebook page for some of the links. I’ll be watching the stuff and probably update via my Posterous.com site. I’ll see if I can tag it [...]
This line is about to hit Boyne Falls and Petoskey. No warnings out for it so probably small hail if anything and some gusty wind. Keep a watch out. Radar is a screen Capture from Weather Underground.
As you saw previously, in the weather category, I was live blogging the thunderstorms as they came through the region May22nd. Well, we have a better chance a severe weather on June 1st (tomorrow). I won’t be able to live blog it, since I will be working while it is occuring. So keep up with [...]
Thunderstorms are crossing Lake Michigan. Right now, things don’t look severe. Keep watching the thunderstorms as they get close. No watch on the horizon, looking at the SPC site. 
Looks like stuff is getting close, but… A SEVERE THREAT COULD EVOLVE ACROSS NWRN PORTIONS OF LOWER MI THIS EVENING. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER A WW IS WARRANTED AT THIS TIME DUE TO POTENTIAL LIMITING FACTORS. HOWEVER..AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED...AND ANY WW ISSUANCE WILL ULTIMATELY DEPEND ON CONVECTIVE TRENDS. Keep watching.
I hope you are having a wonderful Memorial Day! There’s not doubt that our weather has turned hot and fast. Temperatures are in the middle 90s this afternoon, and we can expect even warmer weather over the next few days. A strong ridge is positioned over the southeast, and it’s forecasted to stay put through [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Monday , May 30, 2011 Thunderstorms on the Eastern Slopes of the Cascades With southeasterly flow aloft and modestly unstable air over eastern Washington , thunderstorms are breaking out on the eastern slopes of the Cascades right now 2 PM on Monday This convection occurs as the lifting caused by the eastern Cascade slopes releases the convection . On days like today , the atmosphere is in a state where thunderstorms only break out where air is lifted sufficiently so that the air becomes warmer than its environment and thus buoyant the level of free convection Condensation of water vapor and the release of latent heat is an important part of this