Updated 4 PM ....Today is a Weather Day! Tornado Watch! High Winds! Severe Weather!! Hail??!! Snow Up by the Great Lakes. Hurricane Season 77 Days Away....

 4 PM

What a signature.

Southern part in the Gulf is WOW!

Another view below shows the intense cells.

Not over until it's over....

...but so far so good in Raleigh.

Love the color presentation from Zoom Earth above.

Check out that IR loop in motion.

We have had some rain.

We had thunderstorms last night.

It's obvious above FL really under the gun.

I mean it's a nonstop flow of severe storms.

Tornado Watch has been dropped here.

But we are told it's not over yet.

Stay alert.

Fast moving system.

Lots of power there.

You'll feel it when you turn the heat back on...

That area in the Gulf is dangerous.

So basically the Raleigh Snow Hole that recently stole our snow totals, now seems to be a hero for keeping tornadoes from touching down.  And, I'll add the very welcome rain has been soaking and should be a big help as we have been in quite the drought. There were some tornado warnings earlier down by the coast and in random places. 

I know there were many storm chasers in the NC area so that must have stimulated the economy especially at the Mini Marts. Mark Sudduth was online Live most of the day in the Raleigh area. He's currently moved a bit and is now getting ready to do a drone test. 

It's not over til it's over.

And once the storm is gone.... 

...the cold temperatures will funnel back in :)

I'm a funny person in that I have no probablem standing outside in a hurricane or at the beach with storm chaser friends, and yet I'd prefer to watch tornadoes from afar or in the movies. I have chased many lines of weather with water spouts in the Florida Keys and in Miami and there was that time in a cornfield in Iowa... but I'm a Hurricane girl ya know... 

Always best to prepare. The sheer size of this system made it hard for meteorologists to pin point exactly which town would get a tornado or severe winds. As it all plays out in real time and when one area graabs the energy another area just gets rain and some wind. It's been dark all day, a heavy cloud cover made taking any pictures not worth the time so I just watched the clouds move (not easy as the cloud cover was so thick) and the rain fall heavy at an angle and we definitely need the rain. Won't call "all clear" until later tonight. Stay tuned, keep reading if you did not and remember 77 Days til Hurricane Season!

10 AM

I'd call this a Red Alert Day!

Dangerous weather across a wide area.

And it's a Weather Buffet

Though you don't get to choose.

Whatever is on the menu in your state...

..is the Storm of the Day.

IF

I could pick a model.

I'd go with the GFS

It's the weather addict's

drug of choice.

Always knows what you want.

What you really really want

SNOW in Raleigh!!

Yeah...no I don't think that's happening.

Rolling eyes........

We currently have a Tornado Watch in NC.

Florida is all wild weather...

..and a late season cold front.

Late season for Florida.

I like Matt's graphics.

He makes it easy to find the info.

Just the right amount.

The real story tho is.....

...Winter isn't gone yet.

He still has a few tricks up his sleeve.

The reality here is that once all the storms slide by and the dust settles and hoping and praying no one is killed in dangerous high winds and tornadoes the reality that we will sink in is that Winter is not done with us yet. The Spring Fling we've had that came a little bit early will remain even though there will be some cooler weather intrusions. Spring Solstice is 4 days away and old timers in the colonies would prepare for storms around the time of the Solstice. Nothing new under the sun it seems...

Weather is like love and our favorite food fetishes. Some people love pizza with anchovies on it and others want to literally puke when they watch someone eat a slice of pizza with anchovies. I have a daughter who after a trip to France or Spain or maybe Italy came back with a real hatred of anything that looks like anchovies and she's not thrilled with capers either. To some capers are like the cherry on the top of a sundae except sprinkled over their salad. Try explaining that to my daughter.

Some love sushi, some love snow.

Some love conch fritters, some love tropical heat.

Some just want steak and potatoes with lots of gravy. Generally those types, but not always, love any kind of weather. I prefer hurricanes to tornadoes because you can prepare and that's my way of saying I am enough of a control freak to know there's a way to protect my property of get out of dodge if a hurricane is coming. Not such a control freak as much as I carry that gene that has kept my family alive as they wandered near and far to avoid war or persecution or a mean stepmother. 

Life is filled with good times, bad times, love and loss and you have to learn to roll with the punches. You have to know where to go when weather threatens. Where to hunker down and hide and hope the storm blows by without too much drama but just enough shake, rattle and roll to liven up your life just enough and yet not endanger it.

Remember it's 77 Days til Hurricane Season. When the switch is flipped to Severe Weather Season in the South it usually means that Hurricane Season is the next season on the way. So it's a good time to think on what you might need to get for the 2026 Hurricane Season that you don't already have and make a Wish List. For some that's a generator, for others it's repairing Hurricane Shutters or even getting some Hurricne Shutters.

For those of us in the Carolinas and Virginia we have a Weaather kit that is set up for all seasons. The Winter Storm supplies just become Hurricane Supplies. 

For those in Florida.... Georgia, the Gulf Coast and Texas know next season up is Hurricane Season. 

March Madness doesn't go on forever. 

Severe Weather Season/Tornadoes. 

Hurricane Season and that also brings the threat of tornadoes.

Stay safe. Stay aware. Stay Prepared.

RDU has already cancelled 50 flights as of 10 AM and that number will rise. So if you have loved ones traveling today, there may be delays unless they get very lucky.

Again........while they can tell us we have a Tornado Watch and they have already cancelled school just in case.... no one knows who, where or what could be hit by a tornado. A hurricane is really one of the only natural disasters where you can track a storm, get advisories, have time to make a list and have time to put your to do list into action to prepare for a landfalling hurricane. Hurricane Season unlike tornadoes and earthquakes is the only natural disaster you have enough heads up and the NHC gets better and better in pinpointing where the dangers will be the worst for you to decide whether to ride out the storm or to get out of town and evacuate.  Knowledge is power and you have some control, even if it feels like an illusion it is enough of a heads up to save your life and the lives of your loved ones.

That's it. Will update later as things evolve and hopefully I'll keep power and will only have some winds vs tornadoes touching down. We are at an elevated risk of 4 on a scale of 1-5 so have to take it seriously.

May all the talk on social media today be a reminder............Hurricane Season is 77 days away!

Besos BobbiStorm

@bobbistorm on X

Ps There are already 3,000 power outages in Allamance County. There are concerns that some cells could carry winds and the hail forecast has been adjusted to larger hail possible and EF2 tornadoes or stronger so will update later as time allows.