It might only be early February and we may still have several weeks of winter to go, however, that doesn't change the fact winter is getting into its back half which means spring is approaching and pretty soon severe weather season. While its usually not until late May or early June when we start getting some real severe threats May 1 is a great proxy to use because we can sometimes sneak in some early season events and it gives time to switch the mind into convective forecast mode and start sni