00:00It's all about this winter storm, though we're getting all types of weather with this storm.
00:04Well, and I'll tell you what, our coverage continues right now with storm chasers
00:08Jaden Pappenheim, and I was just telling you, Anna, yesterday he was in Little Rock,
00:14and these storm chasers, I think they teleport, you know, like Star Trek.
00:18Yes, no, they have a secret means of transportation.
00:21And like yesterday, Jaden's in the snow in the sleet five, six inches in Little Rock,
00:25and now look at him, he looks like he's sweating in southern Alabama.
00:29Good morning, Jaden.
00:31Good morning, guys.
00:32I exchanged a sweatshirt and stocking cap for a T-shirt and flip-flops here down close to the Gulf Coast
00:38in southern Alabama.
00:40We're actually tracking a 5% tornado risk today across the region.
00:44The Storm Prediction Center upgraded that tornado risk yesterday afternoon,
00:48and that's because of higher confidence in a QLCS line, a linear line moving through the area,
00:53starting late this morning through the early afternoon hours.
00:57That line's kind of out in southern Mississippi right now,
00:59and that line's going to have a lot of spin embedded within it that could produce a few QLCS tornadoes
01:05through the morning and afternoon hours.
01:07But another threat that we're looking at, potentially, it's more of a conventional risk of making discrete storms
01:13or mini-spinnies, as we call them, those miniature supercells, out ahead of the line.
01:18That's where we could be looking at a stronger tornado risk today.
01:21Now, if we actually get those discrete supercells or not, that's a big question going into the day today.
01:28But, again, if we do get those, we could be looking at a stronger tornado across southern Alabama
01:34and the Florida Panhandle, especially, where there's better instability today.
01:38And as we typically see in the south this time of year, it's a low-caved, high-shear environment.
01:43We have a strong trough ejecting over the region.
01:46You can actually see the low-level jet ripping to the north right here.
01:49It's a very prominent low-level jet, and that's what's going to spark the severe weather today,
01:54although the instability is on the weaker side.
01:56That shear can kind of make up for that weaker instability.
02:00All right, Jaden Papahein, following the severe weather force,
02:04we've been talking about that for a couple of days,
02:06from shovels and mittens and hats to flip-flops and in higher humidity,
02:12that low-level jet, you could just see it above Jaden.
02:14Jaden, stay safe, and we'll talk to you later on today.
02:18Thank you, guys.
02:20I'll see you next time.
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