Second severe weather season set to commence

AccuWeather

After weeks of calm, the atmosphere is shifting. Meteorologist Tony Laubach reports how a returning jet stream pattern could kick off the nation's "second severe weather season."

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00:00we've got another tornado on the ground here so this would be again another active tornadic storm

00:04after an above historical average spring the tornado count has slowed in recent weeks

00:09but a new pattern is emerging that could bring storms and the threat of severe weather back into

00:14the picture you look at the severe weather setup we always look at that severe weather

00:18season expanding and we have a late season all the time in the transition of fall more concerned

00:24around the midwest for some wind damage maybe some hail as some upper level disturbances come across

00:30that area the jet stream is beginning to shift diving further south and drawing golf moisture back

00:34into play that combination is the spark that can set the stage for new rounds of thunderstorms and the

00:39potential for severe weather events later this fall october could be the biggest contrast set up

00:45temperature wise between the south and the northern plain states and that's where we may get more in

00:51the way of maybe some tornadoes late in the season in the midwest in the ohio valley as the jet becomes

00:57more amplified and dips further south it'll combine with deep gulf moisture feeding the next wave of storm

01:02potential very warm rich air that could get involved that could be a producer for tornadoes that upper

01:08pattern also brings strong winds aloft increasing the wind shear one of the main ingredients for fall

01:13severe weather setups typically it's wind damage a lot of wind reports come out in the fall season because of

01:19this transition stronger upper level jet coming into play straight line wind gusts are big but tornadoes

01:26not being ruled out after a long break it's a reminder that fall can still pack a punch

01:31and that the nation's second severe weather season could be just days away for accuweather i'm meteorologist tony

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