Here’s a closer look at what May’s weather can bring:
Atlantic hurricane season sometimes has an early start in the month.
The setup for severe thunderstorms typically includes disturbances in the jet stream pushing out of the Rockies and into the Plains, interacting with warm air and ample moisture.In May, the area where these ingredients have the highest chance of coming together is from Texas to Iowa., and numerous tornado and severe weather outbreaks have occurred in May.
Tropical cyclones also occasionally form in the Atlantic prior to the official June 1 start of the hurricane season. In May, areas from the western Caribbean to the southeastern U.S. coast and into the Gulf of Mexico are favored for development. That was followed by Tropical Storm Bertha, which made landfall near Isle of Palms, South Carolina, just hours after it formed on May 27. Bertha's impacts were minor, but it did produce gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall.Florida's wet season – the time of year when most of the annual precipitation occurs – begins in May and lasts through October.
Cooler air slides inland from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean to replace warm air that is rising into the atmosphere.
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