Spring has sprung!!!!!….Fake weather is being circulated

Steve Dunford- franklincounty-news.com

Today is the first day of spring.  Enjoy it, the high today is going to be 75.  There is a chance of thunderstorms for tonight and tomorrow.

Temperatures the rest of the week will be in the 50s and moderating to around 70 by Friday.

Friday night into Sunday seems like it is going to be stormy.  There are doomsday predictions that there will be a tornado outbreak over Southern Illinois from some weather websites.

Those sites are for clickbait.  Reality is that there might be some severe weather southwest of us, but at this time most meteorologists say it is too early to tell.  WSIL-TV’s Tony Laumbach posted a stern message about this yesterday.

There is accusations of fake news all over the place today.  This is an example of fake weather.

The only trusted source that is saying anything about severe weather here for Friday, is Dr. Greg Forbes of The Weather Channel. He has Southern Illinois with a TORCON rating of three.

I am going to share my weather background.  I am not a meteorologist.  For electives for my degree, I have six hours of credit in meteorology classes form SIU.  I am an elite storm spotter for the National Weather Service.  I have taken additional seminars over the years to enhance my weather knowledge.

I can interpret some charts and models, and I can detect things on radar.  Most information I pass on will come from meteorologists.   I might throw an opinion in from time to time.

I hope you have a fabulous Monday.