This may be the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while.
Here we have 14 years of radar data in the United States, from May 2, 1997, to Dec. 31. That is a whole lot of weather. I highly recommend you watch it in full screen to get the full effect.
Some people in the YouTube comments have marked significant events, including hurricanes as they blasted the coast.
For us, we may be more interested in the 4:20 mark, which is the May 1999 tornado outbreak. It produced one of the largest tornadoes in history with the strongest winds recorded on land (though not officially a record…records are only counted for non-tornadic events.) The 32-minute mark is the deadly tornado outbreak from April 27th.
What significant weather events/cool images to you see? It goes fast, so get that pause button ready. Let me know in the comments.
And, I would be remiss if I did not mention the
weekend weather in this blog.
You should probably look for my apology to the groundhogs next week... It’s going to be a long weekend.
We will struggle to get above freezing between when we fall below it tonight and Sunday. And wind chills will be below zero tonight, tomorrow and Saturday night.
Then Sunday night, there is a 70 percent chance of sleet and snow followed by more of the same Monday.
As is usually the case with winter weather, the exact impacts will be clearer once it’s closer to Sunday, but right now, between 1 and 3 inches are possible, with higher amounts in the higher elevations and along the Oklahoma/Kansas border. The further south you go, the higher the chances are for freezing rain.
This doesn’t look like it will be a major disastrous event, but it could likely impact travel Monday morning.
And it won’t last long: Temperatures will be back up around 60 by mid-week.
--Jerry Wofford
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