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🤔 ☀️ ⛈️ Boom or Bust: The Week Ahead

Some severe weather possible this next week. But...it might not happen.

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Tornado Titans
Apr 16, 2023
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This is a week that fills me with anticipation as a storm chaser but also I’m full of doubt as well. An active jet stream pattern will set the stage with several severe weather risks possible this next week, with the potential for a big day or two there as well.

But it is also possible this week is pretty low-key. It is truly a boom/bust type of week.

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Monday – Tuesday

Moisture return will begin in earnest later today, with just enough moisture making it north for the possibility of a couple of storms along a moisture gradient (I’m struggling calling it a dryline) on Monday afternoon. There is weak instability and wind shear, but given the dry low-levels it would not be surprising if some storms could eke out some gusty winds. I could see a very low risk of severe weather introduced for the Texas Panhandle/SE New Mexico.

For Tuesday, there is already a marginal risk issued by the SPC. However, a …

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