Thursday, May 17, 2012  LRC Aligns for Potential Severe Weather
Outbreak in Late May  The Lezak Recurring Cycle does appear to
be pointing out a severe weather event in the late May
timeframe. Now, the event I have caught is about 40 days in
between the event and what is being forecast, and that is just
outside the 45-50 day cycle period that has been recognized for
this year's LRC pattern, so use with caution.  On April 15,
2012, we had a severe weather event associated with a strong low
pressure system, as seen below. (I do realize that the maps are
about a day in difference, but they involve the same system.) A
strong storm system had moved east and northeast into the far
northern Great Lakes and produced a regional tornado outbreak,
mainly in Kansas and southern Iowa into Nebraska. This storm
system was below the 996mb mark, indicating how strong it was.
Let's take a look at the May 25 forecast off the FIM.  The FIM
is showing a very strong system hitting the far northern Plains
after coming out of the We