Updated 10/4/13: Tornados, Blizzard, Healthcare... It's happening today!

is this real?


like a colorado type situation in washington?

Is it real? YES.

Colorado situation in parts of Washington state and lower Canada... YES.

DOOM ON!

fugg yea! im IN washington! wah hooo!

gotta get some snorkles and some fishin poles.

this should be fun.

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They are focusing on the North West... but this system is going to march Eastward as the week progresses... Looks like we may be facing a MAJOR Severe weather outbreak thur-friday range.

Updated...

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The pressure of that storm is 973 mbs or about 28.73″…to my knowledge there hasn’t been one hurricane/tropical system this year in the Atlantic basin that has had a pressure that low. Humberto was the closest at about 29.00″…so this storm is impressive…but it’s also in a breeding ground of typically big storms in the fall/winter season.

Still coming

Thread: Strong Tornado Outbreak Forecast for Friday - Chicago to Iowa

[link to www.spc.noaa.gov]

SUMMARY...ONGOING EVOLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT INVOF THE MID MO
VALLEY CONTINUES TO SUGGEST SLOWLY INCREASING SEVERE RISK. WW
ISSUANCE WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED IN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS AS SEVERE
POTENTIAL -- INCLUDING THE RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES -- EVOLVES.

[link to www.spc.noaa.gov]

DISCUSSION...RECENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES A WELL DEFINED DRY
CHANNEL SUCCEEDING A POTENT MID/UPPER PV MAXIMUM EMERGING OVER THE
CNTRL PLAINS WHILE PIVOTING AROUND THE ERN SEMICIRCLE OF A
BROAD...DEEP CYCLONE ENCOMPASSING THE WRN STATES. THE INTERACTION OF
THE BROADER CYCLONE WITH A STRONG NE/SW-ORIENTED BAROCLINIC ZONE
OVER THE CNTRL STATES CONTINUES TO FOSTER CYCLOGENESIS OVER CNTRL
NEB...WITH A 1001-MB LOW NOW ANALYZED BETWEEN THEDFORD AND BROKEN
BOW. AS THE SPATIAL GAP BETWEEN THE PV MAX AND SFC LOW CONTINUES TO
CLOSE AND ASCENDING BRANCHES OF STRONG/DEEP FRONTOGENETIC
CIRCULATIONS BECOME INCREASINGLY AUGMENTED BY DCVA-RELATED ASCENT
PRECEDING THE LARGER-SCALE CYCLONE AMIDST DEEP WARM ADVECTION
/SAMPLED BY STRONGLY VERTICALLY VEERING WIND PROFILE PER UDX VWP
DATA/...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY NW OF THE SFC LOW ACROSS THE MCD AREA.

ALREADY...MOSAIC RADAR IMAGERY SUGGESTS WIDESPREAD BANDED
PRECIPITATION STRUCTURES ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA...WITH SFC
OBSERVATIONS SUGGESTING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING. STRONG
ADIABATIC COOLING WITHIN THE FORCED ASCENT REGIME WILL REINFORCE
THERMAL PROFILES SUPPORTING SNOW AS THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION
TYPE. SNOWFALL COVERAGE/INTENSITY SHOULD INCREASE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON WITH RATES OF 1-2 IN/HR ANTICIPATED...LOCALLY AIDED BY
/1/ OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS /E.G. UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE NRN SLOPES OF THE
BLACK HILLS/ AND /2/ CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENTS WITH MARGINAL ELEVATED
CAPE POSSIBLY SUPPORTING THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST DEEP SATURATED PROFILES COINCIDING WITH
DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONES OVER 2000 FT DEEP WITH CENTROIDS ALIGNING
WITH STRONG ASCENT BETWEEN THE 600- AND 500-MB LEVELS ACROSS THE
AREA. THESE FACTORS SHOULD SUPPORT HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING INTO THE
EVENING HOURS.

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I don't recall BLIZZARDS occurring in the first week of October in the past, very rare and unusual to say the least.