Weather Madness
Blog
Henry Margusity on the storms, patterns, and forecasts behind the madness. Subscribers read every post two days before it lands here.
Severe Storms with Large Hail and Damaging Winds this Afternoon and Eve. Baltimore and Washington May Get Hit!
A potent upper level system will move across the eastern Great Lakes this afternoon producing a band of severe storms from New York to West Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic. Indications are that storms will develop this afternoon and hit the Appalachians first with damaging winds, large hail and perhaps a brief tornado. The storms will […]
Tropical System to Form off North Carolina Today
A system that came out of a cluster of thunderstorms is quickly spinning-up this morning off North Carolina. That system has the chance to become a tropical depression or tropical storm later today. Once the system does form, the storm will head into the Atlantic and may graze Atlantic Canada later this week. The storm […]
Locally Severe Storms Sunday Afternoon
A cold front moving across the East will produce a band of heavy thunderstorms from New York to West Virginia Sunday afternoon. Within that band of heavy storms, locally severe storms will occur which can produce damaging winds and large hail. There is a small chance of a quick spin-up tornado with some of the […]
Daily Weather Madness: Storms Explode this Evening…Gulf of Mexico Tropical Potential
Happy Weather Thursday! An explosion of severe storms will hit the Northern Plains this afternoon into tonight. We may see storms that will produce damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes. The storms will start as supercell type thunderstorms but quickly will form into a massive squall line that will move all the way into Wisconsin […]
Daily Weather Madness: Tropics May Get Active. Tornadoes Possible Northern Plains.
The warmth and high humidity will continue the rest of the week but some folks in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will get some relief from the heat the end of the week as a backdoor cold front moves through and the air comes in off the ocean. In the warm and humid airmass, scattered showers […]
Severe Storms for the Northern Plains, Probably Wind Damage Type Storms
A cold front skirting the Northern Plains will bring severe storms Monday and Tuesday. The storms will be the type to produce damaging wind gusts and large hail. The tornado chance is low but that does not mean that a tornado will not form. The storms will be more numerous Monday afternoon and evening.
Daily Madness: Heat Builds in as Severe Storms Skirt Around the Heat and Tropics Heat-up.
Happy Weather Friday! We are going into a very warm summer weather pattern across much of the eastern half of the country while most of the West remains dry and hot. Severe weather will occur across the northern tier of the country over the next couple of days. Specifically, severe storms will hit parts of […]
Severe Storms Could Bring Damaging Winds and a Tornado Today
A cold front that will move through the Mid-Atlantic will produce scattered severe storms this afternoon and evening. The storms will develop this afternoon in multiple lines from New York to West Virginia and North Carolina. Within the lines of storms, winds may gust over 50 mph and there can even be a brief tornado. […]
Severe Storms for the Mid-Atlantic Thursday
A weak cold front coupled with a strong jet aloft will produce a band of severe storms across the Mid-Atlantic Thursday afternoon and evening. Storms will develop after noon and will move into the Mid-Atlantic region impacting areas like Philly, NYC, DC and Richmond. While the primary threat will be damaging wind gusts, a few […]