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Severe 2025 Severe Thread

Any thoughts why the dew points stayed so low for the most point in S Al / central Al , during the last outbreak? I know it seemed that saved many .

It has been a long time since I have posted. I am in Hazlehurst.
 
Any thoughts why the dew points stayed so low for the most point in S Al / central Al , during the last outbreak? I know it seemed that saved many .

It has been a long time since I have posted. I am in Hazlehurst.

Two things:

1. SE surface wind tends to pull dry air from the Atlantic. Most large tornado outbreaks in the south have a due south surface wind.

2. Mixing. The winds aloft mixed down drier air from above.

That said, SW flow aloft did much more to help than dew points.
 
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