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Very windy even up here now.

Seems like an abrose jet developing. Wind just went ballistic the last hour. .

Modeling starting to show an ERW coupling with the MJO induced WWB at the end of this month as it moves across the PAC, enhancing it….

To be honest... The NAM has been off it game with NAMing us.

Perhaps even some strong storms around, particularly western areas

For anyone interested, here is the official notifications for the ending of the NAM and friends. https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2026/scn26-47_Retirement_of_NAM_SREF_HREF_HiresW_NAM_MOS.pdf And the starting of the RRFS/REFS https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2026/scn26-48_RRFS_and_REFS_Implementation.pdf

Your tailor messed up thr length of the right sleeve on the jacket

I see many of the models are now giving us less than a tenth on an inch tonight. I will water the vegetable garden today.

Haircut/shave pending but picked up my suit.

Hopefully at least a +3C ONI this winter. I love me some perfect storm track rainy coastals in Jan.

May 13 1872: A hailstorm hits Sibley County. Hail up to the size of pigeon eggs is reported. Lightning burns down a barn near Sibley, killing a horse tied up inside. For Wednesday, May 13, 2026 1930 - A man was killed when caught in an open field during a hailstorm northwest of Lubbock TX. It was the first, and perhaps the only, authentic death by hail in U.S. weather records. (David Ludlum) 1981 - A tornado 450 yards in width destroyed ninety percent of Emberson TX. People did not see a tornado, but rather a wall of debris. Homes were leveled, a man in a bathtub was hurled a quarter of a mile, and a 1500 pound recreational vehicle was hurled 500 yards. Miraculously no deaths occurred in the tornado. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - A cold front brought an end to the early season warm spell in the north central U.S., but not before the temperature at Sioux City IA soared to a record warm 95 degrees. Strong southwesterly winds ahead of the cold front gusted to 52 mph at Marais MI. Evening thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Rockford MN, and wind gusts to 75 mph at Belmond IA. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Strong winds along a cold front ushering cold air into the northwestern U.S. gusted to 69 mph at Myton UT. Temperatures warmed into the 80s ahead of the cold front, as far north as Montana. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a warm front produced severe weather in the Southern Plains Region during the afternoon and night. A thunderstorm at Killeen TX produced wind gusts to 95 mph damaging 200 helicopters at Fort Hood causing nearly 500 million dollars damage. Another thunderstorm produced softball size hail at Hodges TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front spawned ten tornadoes from eastern Wyoming to northern Kansas, including seven in western Nebraska. Thunderstorms forming ahead of a cold front in the eastern U.S. spawned five tornadoes from northeastern North Carolina to southern Pennsylvania. Thunderstorms over southeast Louisiana deluged the New Orleans area with four to eight inches of rain between 7 AM and Noon. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

Problem is that it only blows until summer, then we wish/beg for the wind to blow to stir the 95/80 air but we get nada. Well, except in the rare thunderstorm. I've been in MO, KS, IL, SD, TX in all seasons (family and friends) and at least in my area we solidly compete with 'the windy places' until deep summer.

Wow-- even denser than usual! My thesaurus just spontaneously ignited.

This is true - but I also just hate the wind. An occasional light breeze to fight a sweltering summer day... cool, I guess. 10-15mph all day as I try to bike to work... annoying.

I think we still need the NAM. Time to start a petition

Not much outside of the Great Lakes this spring. https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/auto/?_wait=no&q=24&which=cd&csector=conus&var=precip&w=rank&p=day&year=2026&month=4&sdate=2026%2F03%2F01&edate=2026%2F05%2F13&cmap=RdYlBu&cmap_r=on&_r=t&dpi=100&_fmt=png

maybe this Christmas we'll be ripping severe weather but if we're swallowed by the Walker cell we may not even get any fronts

whole country is a scam

Agreed. Windy when the air temp is 70-75 and above, with sun = yes please

This is just the pre-Christmas forecast.

People in here who complain that "it's too windy here" haven't lived in actually windy places. 10-15 mph is perfect in the summer.

JMA has the current velocity potential and an archive with 5 day to 3 month means. https://www.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/products/clisys/figures/db_hist_mon_tcc.html

not going to be much south of NYC