Here's my hamburger order. Please write it down now when you aren't under pressure.  Hamburger, no cheese Ketchup Mustard Tomato I don't want them, but it is not a mortal sin if you mistakenly add, Cheese Pickles  You will need to go to Confession if you add: Lettuce, but it's forgivable.  Same with onions. What is not  forgivable is MAYONNAISE!!!!   Bruce Willis is completely correct! And, be sure to watch the video through the scene that starts at 1:25. It seems many or most women like mayo and lettuce on their burgers and that's fine . But, they (and I happen to know that both cooks were women this week) seem to have difficulty preparing burgers without those two condiments.  I'm a generous tipper. I go ahead and tip (20%) the server because he/she should not suffer because the cook mis-prepared the hamburger. But, I get really  generous when it is prepared properly and the service is good. Capice?!

10:25pm Forecast Update Here is my forecast from now until 3am. In supercells ahead of the line of thunderstorms, a tornado is possible and it is also possible a tornado could be embedded in the derecho. The air is highly unstable over south central Kansas and (for meteorologists): The 0-1km SRH at Wichita is 319 and has been rising.  Please make sure you have at least three ways of receiving warnings during the night. Power outages are certainly possible.  8pm Update: I agree with the addition of tornadoes to the threat. Data the last few hours indicates they are a possibility. NWS is forecasting gusts to 80 mph, I think 90 mph is possible in a few places. NWS is also forecasting tennis ball-sized hail. Note: NWS in Goodland, KS just issued a severe thunderstorm warning for 100 mph winds! This is a serious situation.  Please make sure you have at least three ways of receiving warnings during the night,. Power outages are certainly possible.  5:30pm Update: This is Part 1 for the Ozark

Saturday is the 50 th  anniversary of one of the most important days in both the history of television meteorology and of the science of storm warnings. I happened to be in the right place at the right time; it was the most important day of my professional life.   The full story is  here .    The story begins when Dr. John McCarthy, my atmospheric physics professor during my final semester at the University of Oklahoma, had recommended we rethink how we would handle a major tornado outbreak after he returned from investigating the April 3-4, 1974, tornado “ Superoutbrea k .” I was then the weekend meteorologist at WKY-TV (now KFOR) in Oklahoma City. One of the things he urged me to consider was, “When there are multiple tornadoes, forget the severe thunderstorm warnings!” I resolved to do so if I was ever in that situation.    I took John's advice to heart and gave it a lot of thought. There was no way of knowing I would need it just weeks later.    On Friday, June 7, the weather m

Washington Post  headline from 10pm EDT. Map has been updated as of 11pm EDT. There is high-quality video here .  There has been a rash of tornadoes in the Middle Atlantic area this evening. These are the rotation/tornado tracks. The southernmost has been a long-track supercell that produced multiple tornadoes, including in the City of Baltimore. That supercell produced the Gaithersburg Tornado. There were also tornadoes in the Midwest, including in Ohio this evening along with this tragedy in Detroit. 

Now that we are past the last six weeks of non-stop tornadoes, I am going to take a little break from daily posting -- unless some unexpected major weather should come up.  I think you'll like the special feature that will come up tomorrow and last to Saturday.  Then, back to regular blogging on Sunday. 

As a subscriber for decades, I'm really sorry to report that The Wall Street Journal  is now all-in for climate alarmism stories in their news coverage. Recently, they've been printing alarmist stories about once a week. Yesterday's story was about derecho's  -- headline above -- and the one that affected Houston on May 16. One of claims made in the stories is that the airports only had just 60 to 90 minutes of advance notice -- which simply isn't true. Nor are derecho's connected to climate change.  The National Weather Service did a fine job with their forecasts of damaging winds in the Houston area May 16, the day of the derecho. Their 11:33am severe wind forecast had Houston in the "enhanced" area -- more than six hours before the wind arrived. A tornado watch was out at 2:40pm (above) -- more than 3.5 hours before the winds arrived -- plenty of notice to take mitigation actions. If the airport officials weren't paying attention, that is not th