WeatherCoats | Update On Tornado Stricken South

It is now reported that 341 people have lost their lives due to the historic tornado outbreak with 249 in Alabama alone.  Countless others are now homeless as a result of the second deadliest outbreak of tornadoes in US history.  A sign of hope arises from the rubble as many church groups and students are lending a helping hand in the South, providing those in need with essentials such as water, food, and shelter.

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Video of the Tuscaloosa Tornado (EF-5) and the Damage

WeatherCoats | RutgersDay (Ag Field Day) Forecast!

WeatherCoats | Rutgers WeatherWatcher Forecast for April 27th, 2011

A clear and cool morning becoming cloudy throughout the day and possibly a passing shower with a High of 68.  The passing shower is a result of a surface trough trailing the Low Pressure system that affected us yesterday.  A surface trough is an area that resembles a front with lower atmospheric pressure, causing the warmer air on the ground to rise into the atmosphere where it cools down.  As it cools, condensation occurs as the parcels of air turn into clouds.  The lifting is not significant, thus the amount of rain we will see today in New Brunswick and throughout New Jersey will be minimal.

WeatherCoats | Severe Weather in the South

At least 200 people were killed in Wednesday's outbreak of severe weather in the south with reports of over 150 tornadoes, one of which is estimated to be an EF-4 Tornado that hit Birmingham Alabama in the early evening hours on April 28th.  For today the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has put the Eastern Seaboard under a "Slight Risk" for severe weather.  Severe weather today will be nothing in comparison to the magnitude of yesterday's outbreak.  Let our hopes and prayers be with those in the South.

Video of the Birmingham Tornado 

Video of Birmingham Tornado's Destruction

National Weather Service's Experimental Watches & Warnings Map

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