Lightning is just one of many variables...

I am seriously shaking my head as I write this because I feel it is just one more thing to confuse people in an already complicated weather world… but I’m getting ahead of myself.

I ran across a tweet from @cuevman81 today and he linked to a story done by Accuweather.com that asks whether or not we should rank thunderstorms in a way similar to that of tornadoes and hurricanes.  Included in the tweet and in the story was a chart created by Henry Margusity detailing five levels of thunderstorm severity.

I have mixed feelings about this.  Let me explain: (Read More)