Mason Gleva

April 11, 1965: One of the worst tornado outbreaks in US history struck the Great Lakes region. Nearly four dozen tornadoes (17 of which were rated F4) slammed numerous towns and cities, resulting in ~260 fatalities, >3400 injuries, and billions of dollars in damage. #wxhistory

The Roman soldiers guarding the tomb this morning

This moment between Hannah Hidalgo and Coach Ivey 🥹 @ndwbb

🚨 The Bryce Drew Shot 🚨 On this day in 1998, 13-seed @ValpoBasketball upset Ole Miss with @BryceDrewCoach's legendary buzzer-beater 🔥 #MarchMadness

MAJOR DAMAGE west of Lake Village, Indiana. According to the poster, JP Midwest Storm Chaser, there are people missing and 2 homes gone. facebook.com/permalink.php?…

6:29pm CDT #SPC_MD 0194 , #ohwx #inwx #miwx #ilwx, spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md…

One heck of a boundary setting up here! #ILwx

@ChasingWConnor From an inside ballpark it makes total sense but for us broadcast peeps it’s gonna be fun explaining the level 3 out of 5 risk with a level 2 out of 3 hatched area for (fill in the blank hazard here) 😵‍💫

My local area is in the new Cig2 risk. I was originally a fan of this new SPC format but now that I am tasked with relaying this new information to my local area, I can’t help but notice how dumb it looks on a map and how it’s not really digestible for the non weather tracking person. Simple really is better in these cases.

Ignore the exact placement of the storms but you get the idea. Could be a LONG day tomorrow along & to the south of the warm front. Stay weather aware tomorrow, folks! #INwx #ILwx

PSA!!! Tomorrow (Tuesday, March 10), Indiana will have a statewide tornado drill at 10:15a EDT (9:15a CDT). There is **NO** SEVERE RISK in the morning. If you hear sirens in the morning, that’s a good thing. There *IS* a risk of severe weather in the evening & overnight.

The Union City, MI preliminary EF-3 tornado with max wind speeds of 160 mph is the earliest EF-3+ tornado on record in the calendar year for Michigan. It is also the strongest tornado to occur in Michigan since an F4 struck Kalamazoo and Eaton Counties on April 2, 1977.

There is an Enhanced Risk (level 3 of 5) for severe weather on Tuesday, March 10th. Scattered supercells may develop as early as 5-8 PM EDT Tuesday evening and continue into the early overnight hours. The main threats will be hail up to 2" and tornadoes. #INwx #MIwx #OHwx

@nilwxreports I fear Tuesday could be a very long day for N. IL & Michiana. E-to-W warm fronts are diabolical, I said this to some friends today…Friday may have been the warmup act for Tuesday. And I hope I’m wrong. 😬

Idk how it's possible but it looks like the RRFS is trending more dynamic for Tuesday???

Sct'd lake effect snow showers, some briefly heavy, will continue thru 7 PM in the highlighted areas. Under the heavy snow showers, expect reduced visibility, snow covered roads, & hazardous travel. Conditions will likely vary substantially over short distances. #ilwx #inwx

@Gio_wx I do not miss this 😂 low key I don’t think I could to half that math again now that it’s been over a year 😵‍💫🫨

Loving the first Dynamic Met II homework of the semester 😃

Heads up! Intense lake effect snow will move across northwestern Indiana this evening and overnight, leading to dangerous travel conditions. Travel is not advised in the orange and red shaded areas, including along portions of the I-65, I-80, I-90, and I-94 corridors. #INwx #MIwx

Lake effect snow will slowly shift east into NW IN this evening, likely moving east of Porter County after midnight. Snow rates of 1"/hr are expected near the lake at times, leading to hazardous travel and reduced visibility. Law enforcement suggests avoiding travel. #ILwx #INwx

Here we go! The little bit of dry-air is still hanging on but not for long, expecting Valpo to be on the upper-end of the 3-6”. Wouldn’t be shocked if we over-achieved either, especially with the brief lake-response tomorrow afternoon into the evening hours.

A few model watching notes: — the GFS has not and still does not have a good handle on the synoptic evolution of the storm. It is currently in the process of catching up to the other model guidance. — NAM and RGEM are useful for identifying how far north sleet might extend… assuming they have a good handle on the synoptic evolution of the storm. If the synoptics are off, so will the sleet extent. — ECMWF exaggerates freezing rain extent at the expense of sleet. This means freezing rain QPF maps, which already don’t represent actual ice accretion as is, will be *extremely* overdone from the ECMWF. — be careful with snow ratios… algorithms that simply assume a direct relationship with low-mid level temperatures will likely exaggerate ratios outside of heavier snow banding. The presence of a mid-level warm layer also means the DGZ won’t be as deep as sounding DGZ height parameters show due to an interruption in the mid-levels. — as always, be cautious with dry slots. Those are very often more expansive and move in faster than modeled in similar events to this one.

Total CFP wins the past two years: The state of Indiana: Six The entire SEC: Five We’re living in the crossroads of college football, dear neighbors and friends