"Baseball-cap-sized hail" yesterday in Texas, so how did it compare to last year's and the all-time record?
https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/baseball-cap-sized-hail-near-record-hailstones-measured-in-texas/1778824

Wow!
https://www.facebook.com/colt.forney/posts/pfbid0NToJYaknZ6T4ffLRzi9rhe1xgdtm3UuoeCgDnR5TQYj9hQYExm58wnNcUB9JM7N1l

Did you know? There have been ZERO tropical storms in the Northern Hemisphere this year, this hasn't happened since 1998. But we might get our first one, #Alvin, next week. https://youtu.be/WvxVzQbYjpI

Can we PLEASE have Spring yet?

No.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox4sCs74zvQ

48-Hour Rain Totals in Mass.

Bradford: 7.72" (Accu/Ambient)
Kingston: 7.15" (CoCo)
North Weymouth: 6.93" (Amateur)
Pembroke: 6.77" (CoCo)
Plymouth: 6.56" (Amateur)

Well, that's crazy. Solar eclipse return periods are just math I guess, but they aren't easily calculated so score one for the trees. https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/trees-sense-solar-eclipses-before-they-happen/1775157

Great analysis of what happened to two tractor trailers caught in the EF3 tornado in Grinnell, Kansas. One was carrying Ferraris and/or Porsches apparently.
https://www.facebook.com/TonyLaubach/posts/pfbid02HbAJ59gaz4s8e4QxGGyEjKBiHZVWTAGCWx9yZNqyBHeghA6L2kWrcN5aFQ2PaKF3l

You don't want to pull a hammy robbin, that's for sure.

29 Best Memorial Day Sales
https://www.wired.com/story/best-memorial-day-sales-2025-1/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Gear & Gadgets @gear-gadgets-WIRED

First real comparison of near-surface Doppler winds vs. damage assessments for the Greenfield, Iowa tornado. There are some agreements, and some disagreements. Very interesting. https://www.facebook.com/DOWFacility/posts/pfbid0Df8bgSLRpdS7UesYsAGk318pDkUSarXWxqivGDuTCniJMdAcJKJq676irCScPzD2l

Going Green. Greenage.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/does-a-green-sky-mean-a-tornado-is-coming/1777661

Incredible before-and-after photos show how devastating flooding completely submerged the Sherwood bridge just west of Kempsey, NSW.

Neat gravity wave clouds coming out the west side of the storm complex in OK/TX

The head of the City Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) in St. Louis has been placed on leave after sirens didn’t go off during Friday storms.

https://www.firstalert4.com/2025/05/21/cema-commissioner-placed-leave-after-sirens-do-not-go-off-ahead-fridays-tornado/

Matt Lanza: On warnings, communication, Monday morning quarterbacking, or how Ryan Hall won me over, y'all

https://mattlanza.substack.com/p/on-warnings-communication-monday

#wx #stormchasers

Some preliminary filtered SPC tornado report stats after the last week: https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/over-900-tornadoes-makes-this-season-worst-since-2011/1776877

Still worst season since 2011 YTD

>920 tornado reports, >280 above 15-year average

Top 4 states same as Apr. 30 - MS, IL, MO, TX

4K WEATHER

In the last 24 hours... a difference of 229 degrees F of temperature! (differences of >230 F are rare)

High Temperature: 122 F @ Dayyer, Iran
Low Temperature -107 F @ Vostok, Antarctica

May 16 was the #2 all-time day for 2" or larger HAIL reports. No other days this year rank in the Top 10, though the Top 7 have all been since 2023.

Great storm shot from Victoria, Kansas last night! https://www.facebook.com/maraia.werth.lee/posts/pfbid02MG1XRD6w27AU3T9FrFGwpHxFis3NoAa3udeWehN9MQwFJdcafY1EinyzF7NADQ2Rl

Today's severe risk is in the same area as last week's tornadoes.