THE DEATH RIDGE - Storm season 2018
Added 2018-06-07 17:14:53 +0000 UTCIt sounds way more dramatic than it is, but often during the storm season, high pressure develops over the Plains. This big ol' dumb dome of stable air forces the jet stream up in to Canada.
IN MOST STORM SEASONS we see a ridge-trough-ridge-trough / high-low-high-low pattern migrating across America. The troughs (lows) tend to bring instability and forecastable storm events. The ridges (highs) tend to bring heat and blue skies.
STORM SEASON 2018 has been dominantly characterized by a blocking pattern. A high pressure ridge has stubbornly sat over Tornado Alley for most of the season. This is a common pattern in the summer months, but it came early this year... and with a vengeance. When this occurs, storm chasers call it a "death ridge." We can still have tornadoes under death ridges, but they are sporadic, very difficult to forecast and often mesoscale accidents.
DEATH RIDGES are great for the following things...
1. Sun burn
2. Fixing things around the home
3. Watching Dexter on Netflix for the 3rd time.
4. Editing storm videos
So tonight I'll be uploading a new storm video to YouTube. I don't have a title yet, but It will be along the lines of... "The Most Dangerous Thing About Storm Chasing." Anybody guess what it is?
Comments
It'll come back around in the next year or two, and boy will it be fun!
2018-06-12 19:34:40 +0000 UTCGreat documentary. But what Ken Burns isn't? I've often wondered when we're gonna have another dust bowl. Just a matter of time.
Pecos Hank
2018-06-09 15:12:39 +0000 UTC2018 seemed to start normal with storms in the South and then BAM! - skipped spring and goes right into summer mode. Been watching Ken Burns documentary "The Dust Bowl" and as much as this year sucked for storms, I don't think I'll ever complain about the weather not cooperating after learning about the hell of the Dust Bowl.
Keith LaBotz
2018-06-08 21:41:20 +0000 UTC
