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Pattern Caperil 2021

I think I mentioned this earlier in March ... I feel like we’ve had cooler late periods of winter and they kind of head into the spring time a lot more as of recently (eh past 5 years or so) it’s an odd observation but I don’t really know if it’s just us getting lucky ( or unlucky however u view ?) or if it’s something more permanent happening with our climate
In the past 5 years we had our warmest April ever . Back it up quit the anecdotes and back it up.
 
Ugh!!!

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AFDFWD

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
353 AM CDT Sun Apr 18 2021

...New Long Term...

The combination of clear skies and lighter surface winds will
yield excellent radiational cooling processes early Wednesday
morning and some patchy frost across parts of the region. Low
temperatures in the 30s are expected across most of North and
Central Texas, with a few areas along and north of I-20 and west
of I-35 dipping to near or below freezing. A Freeze Watch for
parts of North Texas was strongly considered given the average
last freeze for North Texas is usually in mid to late March.
However, we`ll hold off on issuing a watch for now and keep an eye
on trends as high res guidance is able to capture this time
period. Current forecast lows for Wednesday morning at both DFW
and Waco are 38 degrees, which would break the previous records
(39 degrees set in 1918 for DFW and 43 degrees set in 1910 for

Waco) for April 21st.
 
I didn't look into much on the Euro but my first thought when looking at the mslp and h5 maps is good thing we likely aren't going to get a quality moisture return before this system
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I would bet 100 bucks(if I were a betting man) that moisture return is way under modeled there.

If it is that is a very nasty setup.



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I would bet 100 bucks(if I were a betting man) that moisture return is way under modeled there.

If it is that is a very nasty setup.



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Yeah the high shifts into a good spot in the SW Atlantic to help feed moisture, just not sure if it's there long enough. Given the time of year it's getting harder and harder to not have at least some instability
 
I don't think next weekend's system is going to work out if your a severe weather weenie. I think the first 2 weeks of May will be hopping, however. Mayhem May?
 
That look on the ICON is nasty, gonna be some sort of wedge boundary/stationary boundary with this setup with that SE Canada vortex in place View attachment 81992

If moisture return is there we have big problems. A westerly 500mb wind of 60-70knts. Are you kidding me?

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Euro gets 2000 sbcape to Montgomery with 4000+ in south central MS. Looks like the best wind fields don’t align with the best instability. But as we have seen in previous events, that can change.
 
I am all for holding the heat off, summers here are brutal enough. But this weather is the most boring stretch that I can remember in April. We need the heat though. Heat=instability and obviously that equals CAPE. I swear if we get a threat and we end up getting wedged, I am going to lose it!
 
There is always that possibility we go from these below normal temps to hot and dry pretty quickly, like we did in May 2019. I'm not expecting that, however. I think we have 2-3 weeks of active weather, then by May 25, heat ridge kicks in.
 
There is always that possibility we go from these below normal temps to hot and dry pretty quickly, like we did in May 2019. I'm not expecting that, however. I think we have 2-3 weeks of active weather, then by May 25, heat ridge kicks in.
Which is why we want it to be 50 until then . We don’t want any in betweeen actually enjoyable pleasant lovable outdoor weather with low humidity in the 70-85 degree range . That would be too much .
 
Which is why we want it to be 50 until then . We don’t want any in betweeen actually enjoyable pleasant lovable outdoor weather with low humidity in the 70-85 degree range . That would be too much .
I'd be cool with 50s if it was raining. Nothing worse than 50s with a roaring NW wind in late April. It'll feel colder than mid winter
 
I'd be cool with 50s if it was raining. Nothing worse than 50s with a roaring NW wind in late April. It'll feel colder than mid winter
That’s probably an over exaggeration lol, but yeah it wouldn’t feel good . I’d take a cool rainy day but not 50s, maybe low 60s.
 
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