A series of strong jets will across the Northern Plains over the next three days. Each of those jet streaks as them move through will trigger severe storms starting today and continuing to Saturday. This will be the area where the most concentrated number of severe storms will occur  the rest of the week into the weekend.

Today, severe storms will develop from South Dakota into Nebraska and will produce damaging winds and large hail. There is a risk of a few tornadoes but the main impacts will be wind and hail.

Friday the storms will focus across Iowa into Missouri where again the focus will be on high winds and large hail.  That batch of storms will hit Chicago and the southern Great Lakes at night but should not be severe.

Lastly, Saturday the storms will focus once again across the eastern Dakotas into Minnesota where a tornado threat could occur. Hail and damaging winds will be the issue once again.

Links:

• SPC Maps
• Upper Air Maps

The pattern of rain and severe weather for areas of the East will continue today as yet another round of heavy to severe storms will occur.

Today, storms will develop from the Ohio Valley into the Northeast with a concentrated area of severe weather across parts of New York into Pennsylvania. That area will see large hail and damaging wind gusts, perhaps even a quick spin-up tornado.

In the heavy thunderstorm area which covers a huge area from the Ohio Valley into the Northeast, storms will produce hail and high winds. Some storm swill reach severe limits as well.

In any of these areas, storms can produce heavy rains and flash flooding, especially in the soggy areas of the Appalachians and Northeast.

We don’t see an ending to this pattern for the next 10 days. As mentioned before, the danger in this pattern is a tropical system that moves into the areas hit by heavy rains already.

Links

• SPC Maps
• Excessive Rainfall
• QPF Maps

Simulated Radar for Today