I think you’re looking for the May 16-18th 2026 thread for this one
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Yeah my bad I didn’t read the entire title or description of the videoI think you’re looking for the May 16-18th 2026 thread for this one
Yeah thanks didn’t read the entire title of the video or the description appreciate itThis is the 25th-27th thread for some mesoscale weather. The 17th-18th thread I will link.
5/16-5/18 timeframe definitely has my attention. The globals continue to show a broad warm sector with quality Gulf moisture return, a strengthening southwest flow regime aloft, and a fairly expansive instability axis from the southern Plains into parts of the Midwest/Great Lakes.
At this range I’m not really focused on specifics or trying to pinpoint a “big day” yet because the details will shift a lot, especially regarding storm mode and trough evolution. But this does not look like one of those quick one-day conditional setups. The overall pattern looks supportive of a...
- Brice W
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