Severe Weather Discussion 5/4/2021 - 5/5/2021

Can anyone explain in layman’s terms why bad weather often goes around Lake Pontchartrain?

All I can think of is the warming of land during the day adds a lot of energy to the atmosphere and adds to storm development....the lake for much of the year is cooler than the land during the day especially and does not warm much as the day goes on like land does.......so the air moving over the water, though moist, is more stable in comparison......so perhaps that's why we see what we do during certain setups and wind directions.

I'm sort of educated guessing here as obviously we do see rough weather all around...but I do think weather travelling west to east with a strong southerly component wind in front might be affected as I mentioned....

Or not...what do I know.

Though much of our view of weather trends I'd agree are in our heads instead of based in reality or science, I do think severe weather is almost always biased further away from the coast.....

No warnings as of right now in Louisiana, but that broken line continues to slide east with a bit of southeast motion as well. I was wondering if I'd even get a drop here in Ponchatoula. I believe I will now.

Yup the whole southern edge is growing legs to the south...

Wow! It looks like it passed right over my parent's old house, where I grew up, before it headed to Lakeland! Woodlea on Hanging Moss just barely south of I-220 and old County Line Rd.! Randy, have you heard any damage reports from that area? Really unusual for it to track SE. When I was growing up, most of the tornadoes that came close to us came from the Utica area.