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Severe Weather 2026

O boy..... If into that thread you go, only pain and suffering will you find.....
 
Rare iridescent pileus in Nebraska on Stormrunner's feed.
shockingly your not looking at a pileus but a velum cloud

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

Pileus tend to be a Altocumulus lenticularis on top of the cloud that then quickly vanishes once the storm cloud bust through it

Velum tend to be a altostratus cloud that unlike pileus tends to stay around the storm even when the storm went through it.
 
Interesting signal on the Day 6 CIPS. Random little 45% nipple. Definitely don't see those probabilities this far out very often.

This is a day that has also looked quite interesting on the GEFS ensemble SCP for a dozen or so runs now. The latest run has more certainty on location, but less certainty about the actual existence of a severe weather threat, with multiple members now showing nothing at all. Similar nipple presentation on the mean SCP.

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Day 7 looks much more interesting in terms of tornado. Some very eyebrow raising sheer profiles over Eastern Iowa/Illinois.

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Is this sarcasm? This is a capped out parameter space, and there's no storm motion either on the hodograph!
yeah its too capped , however there are instances that could do it with almost the same amount of capping as long as the MLCIN is not lower then -500 (or higher , Example -501) and if the MLCAPE is at 1500 as well as the LR 0-3 at over 8 , however its not at that level for LR so it wouldn't work. but then again the convective temperature is at a insane high.
 
Interesting signal on the Day 6 CIPS. Random little 45% nipple. Definitely don't see those probabilities this far out very often.

This is a day that has also looked quite interesting on the GEFS ensemble SCP for a dozen or so runs now. The latest run has more certainty on location, but less certainty about the actual existence of a severe weather threat, with multiple members now showing nothing at all. Similar nipple presentation on the mean SCP.

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Gotta watch those 45% Nipples...... LOL!
 
We should get a more active Fall severe weather season. No one is questioning that. However, it's just how active from a tornadic perspective will it be is the question. Let's take a look at that. These are the total tornadoes for the state of MS during El Nino years. I looked at our most active months (October, Nov, Dec, March, April, and May). Basically, Fall and Spring. Based on this, Mississippi sees less tornadoes (only 164 or 9%) during very strong El Ninos than Strong/Mod with most occurring during Weak (859 or 48%). Now, why would that be? The answer: because of your strong subtropical jet which is why the Gulf Coast and Florida sees more tornadic activity than further inland due to more flooding rains/overcast conditions. It makes perfect sense too if you think about it. I just did Mississippi, but I would imagine Alabama is pretty much the same.
 

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