HOUSTON, TX — The Storm Prediction Center issued its Day 1 outlook at 7:51 AM CDT Saturday, May 23, 2026, placing a Marginal Risk — Level 1 of 5 across several disconnected regions of the United States today. While no single high-end severe weather event dominates the picture, scattered severe storms capable of damaging winds,…
KANSAS CITY, MO — Tornado probability data initialized Thursday morning, May 14, 2026 is showing an elevated and concerning signal for Monday, May 18, with a well-defined bull’s-eye of high tornado threat centered directly over the Kansas City and Omaha corridor. This is not a background-level signal. The probability map is showing a core that…
KANSAS CITY, MO — A multi-day severe weather sequence is beginning today and will persist through at least early next week across the central United States. Current forecast discussion issued May 14, 2026 outlines three consecutive days of significant severe weather potential, with the risk zone shifting eastward each day and the threat potentially peaking…
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Radar is quiet across Missouri, Illinois, and southeastern Iowa right now, but that is about to change. Current overnight storm development analysis shows a wave of strong storms expected to fire across a zone stretching from Quincy and Burlington eastward through Peoria, Bloomington, and Springfield between midnight and 2 AM Central Time…
OMAHA, NE — A potentially significant two-day severe weather outbreak is taking shape for the central Plains and Midwest this weekend. Current model data initialized Thursday, May 14, 2026 shows a powerful upper-level trough swinging in from the west, delivering back-to-back dangerous severe weather days on Sunday, May 17 and Monday, May 18 across Nebraska,…
WICHITA, KS — The atmosphere over Kansas today is loaded with potential and paralyzed by one critical problem. Storm fuel is in place, wind shear favoring supercells with large hail is present, but the surface is dry and a real atmospheric trigger is nowhere to be found. Whether today produces significant severe weather or nothing…
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA — Nature put on one of its most spectacular displays at Yosemite National Park, California, where sunlight striking the mist at the base of Yosemite Falls created a vivid, full-color rainbow cascading directly below one of the most iconic waterfalls in the United States. The result is exactly what it looks…
KANSAS CITY, MO — The National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center has issued its Day 3 through 7 Hazards Outlook valid May 15 through May 19, 2026, and four distinct weather hazards are flagged across different regions of the country simultaneously. From high winds in the Northern Plains to hazardous heat in the Northeast to…
KANSAS CITY, MO — A long-range tornado threat has been detected for Sunday, May 17, 2026, with current probability data initialized Tuesday morning, May 12 flagging a corridor centered over Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois as the highest-risk zone. While this forecast is still nearly a week out and details will shift, the signal is consistent…
MIAMI, FL — Hurricane season officially begins June 1, and the National Hurricane Center has just released its updated May 2026 Product Description Document — a plain-language guide explaining every official product the NHC issues, who it is for, and when it gets issued. Before the first storm of the season forms, every resident along…