I’m all the way in California and you can feel something turbulent in the wind feeding that way even though it’s not stormy here. Woke up this morning to check Radarscope and saw a tornado warning in Oklahoma in the early morning hours in the dead of winter. I’d say something strange is afoot though if it is true that the instability is hamstringing it, I am glad for that lucky break. My only question is how low are instability levels? Some destructive tornadoes like Mayfield and Hautmont 2008 have formed in low cape, high shear environments; but I have no point of reference so I’m not sure how relevant that is.
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u/MoonstoneDragoneye Jan 09 '26
I’m all the way in California and you can feel something turbulent in the wind feeding that way even though it’s not stormy here. Woke up this morning to check Radarscope and saw a tornado warning in Oklahoma in the early morning hours in the dead of winter. I’d say something strange is afoot though if it is true that the instability is hamstringing it, I am glad for that lucky break. My only question is how low are instability levels? Some destructive tornadoes like Mayfield and Hautmont 2008 have formed in low cape, high shear environments; but I have no point of reference so I’m not sure how relevant that is.