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Dangerous Heat and Humidity will Feed Severe Storms!
We are in a pattern of high heat and high humidity across much of the East this week. In some areas of the Mid-Atlantic temperatures will hit the 100 degree mark with high humidity making dangerous conditions. As waves of thunderstorms move across the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic, severe weather will occur. […]
Updated Severe Weather Potential for the Storms this weekend
I am still expecting an outbreak of severe weather to occur across the Plains into the Midwest today into Sunday. Severe storms are expected to develop late this afternoon and continue into tonight. The storms may weaken some overnight but will reform Sunday across the Midwest. While most of the impacts will be wind damage […]
Severe Storms, Possible Tornadoes for the Midwest this Weekend
A storm moving into the Northern Plains will produce a band of severe storms across the central Plains and Midwest into the Great Lakes this weekend. There is the potential for tornado activity across Iowa into eastern Nebraska and perhaps Kansas Saturday afternoon and evening. The dynamics are fairly strong for this time of the […]
Strong Storms with High Winds and Hail
A cold front coming across the Great Lakes into the Northeast will produce a band of heavy thunderstorms today. Another old front stretching from the Carolina’s and across the South will also be a focal point for for heavy thunderstorms today. In both areas, the impacts will be strong winds and hail with the storms. […]
Hail and Strong Winds with the Storms, Tornado Risk Low this Time
Two cold fronts will be the focal point for the potential of severe storms today and Sunday. The first area of severe storms will be across the mid-Mississippi Valley where the remains of this morning storms will regenerate into a line of storms with wind damage and hail. The area for Sunday is complicated by […]
The Derecho Remains will Activate this Afternoon to Produce More Storms
Another round of severe storms will develop out of the remains of last nights Derecho system that hit the western Great Lakes. You can see the swath of wind damage associated with the Derecho. The storms will hit two areas, one in the Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic and the other in the central Mississippi Valley. The […]
Damaging Thunderstorm Complex could Evolve into a Derecho!
A complex of damaging thunderstorms will develop across parts of northern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin this afternoon and evolve perhaps into a Derecho tonight. During the first 6 hours of the development, the impacts will be damaging winds and tornadoes. The rotation tracks suggest a few damaging tornadoes could develop prior to the system forming […]
Severe Weather in the Form of a Nocturnal MCS!
The low level jet will strengthen Wednesday evening and force hot air across the warm front sitting over the Great Lakes. The result will be a Mesoscale Convective System or MCS that will develop and more southeast. These types of system can produce damaging winds, heavy rains, frequent lightning and hail. I expect the MCS […]
Severe Storms to Cascade Southeast from the Northern Plains
A cold front moving across the Northern Plains will produce a band of severe storms across North Dakota into northern Wisconsin today into tonight. The same front will cascade into the Great Lakes Saturday and the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Sunday. In all cases, the impacts from the storms as they cascade southeast will be damaging wind gusts […]