…by WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson 6-6-14 Ingredients for a near-perfect Sea Breeze in the Southeast. June 3 – June 5 we saw a moderate Sea Breeze build all along the SE coast, with June 4 being very consistent all day and into the night, where nocturnal jetting kept the higher numbers through Thursday AM. Two…
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson Tuesday, May 27 showed an interesting setup with lee-side troughing converging with piedmont trough that developed during diurnal heating. The mid state areas, with their respective sandhills and clays/loams, gave rise to mid state circulations that enhanced the gradient during Sea Breezing. A dual core High started the day out,…
by WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson 5/6/14 Seems weird doesn’t it that we can get a visual on Sea Surface Temp’s reaching certain values from a migrating jellyfish? Observed over the weekend were Cannonball Jellyfish on the beach ,which typically live in waters at or near 73.6°. Seems uninteresting to say the least, but these random blobs…
by WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson From April 11 – April 14, High pressure entered from the Gulf, expanded across FL/GA and out into the Atlantic north of Bermuda, where it slightly built around the center and then became flattened by two areas of troughing to the north and south. To the north, a stronger frontal…
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson As we have had a cold winter climate here in the SE Region this year, our waters chilled down into the upper 40’s/lower 50’s and have remained cool between the 58-62 degree mark into the spring, with recent readings more current today, April 10, at ~ 63.5 degrees. With air…
Southerly Low Level Jets Hampered by Marine Layering Forecast Blog by WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson 11/6/13 The last 2 weeks of October 2013 showed a few blasts of cold air spilling down into the SE Region as Northerly events unfolded in sequence, with resulting Sea Surface Temps falling to upper 60’s to NC down to…
Early Northeasterly wind events unfold along the SE Region Forecast Blog by WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson 10/16/13. With this year showing many differences from the years past, we have additionally seen an early arrival of Canadian High’s push NE winds into the SE Region multiple times during this early fall Sept 2013 season. Typically we…
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson. This is a snapshot of mesocyclone activity and all the tornadoes in and around Oklahoma City…WOWty and tornadoes in and
by WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson. This blog post is mainly associated with the meteorologist phone conference today. I would like to present a specific event and address the climate on more of a broad spectrum for the SE Coast for the month of April. There have been some atypical events and early arrivals of…
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson… Snapped a few pics today as I was watching some shelf clouding during fast developing mesocyclone activity – saw shelfing to the west stretch out across the sky and a vortex popped out right in front of me along the river. At first I was confused given position of storm…