TECS - This is scary .
5/11/03 2:58:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time

I think I mentioned I a week or so ago that there is more activity then I've ever seen before.  I've got a lot a lot of new stuff to post from last week.  I guess everybody is starting to take notice.  I saw your coverage along with the supercell image.  I think you can see now what I was talking about.  These are the strongest I've seen.  Complete with the tornadoes and heavy hail, 2.5 - 3 inch hail is a daily occurrence.  This is going to far.  Check out the stats I clipped, we are only a third into the month and look at the total deaths and killer tornadoes not to mention the actual total.  This is not right.

 
Number of Tornadoes Number of Tornado Deaths Killer Tornadoes
2003 2002 2001 2000 3 Year Avg. 2003 2002 2001 2000 3 Year Avg. 2003 2002 2001 2000 3 Year Avg.
Prelim Final Prelim Final Final Final Prelim Final Final Final Prelim Final Final Final
JAN 0 ? 8 3 5 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FEB 11 ? 2 2 30 56 29 2 0 8 19 9 1 0 3 4 2
MAR 49 ? 30 45 33 103 60 8 0 3 2 2 4 0 2 1 1
APR 118 ? 114 116 135 136 129 0 7 5 2 4 0 6 4 2 4
MAY 295 ? 177 204 241 241 229 42 4 1 2 2 21 2 1 2 2
 
 
    It seems this year they're trying to increase the system effects to a larger/worldwide scale.  Here's a quick one from earlier this evening.  Notice the system link between England/Europe, Northeast Canada and New Orleans again? 
 
 
 
Here's the Tec from yesterday along with yesterdays severe weather report, do you see how the severe weather follows the TEC stream.
 
 
    Now the bad news is there is a whole lot of new activity in Europe with new points popping out.  Tonight alone I'm seeing a lot of activity I haven't seen before.  It looks like they're trying to create two continental systems with a major jet stream in between.
   This could escalate what we've already seen.  Glancing at the patterns from earlier, Right now I'd have to say more tornadoes for Sunday, mostly through Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina. 
 
Take Care ....