WEATHER

WASHINGTON, DC — The Storm Prediction Center has taken the unusual step of issuing a Day 4 Enhanced Risk for portions of the Mid-Atlantic, placing Washington, DC, northern Virginia, and nearby Maryland communities in a heightened severe weather outlook for Monday. Enhanced Risk areas at four days out are uncommon, underscoring forecasters’ growing concern about…

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — Sunday is shaping up to be a very significant severe weather day across the Midwest, Heartland, and Mid-South, with a large Level 3 (Enhanced) risk already in place and the possibility of further upgrades if current trends continue. Forecast guidance shows a narrow, fast-moving, and intense squall line developing Sunday afternoon…

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — Meteorologists are beginning to draw comparisons between the upcoming Sunday–Monday severe weather setup and the highly prolific April 4–5, 2011 event — not necessarily for a historic tornado outbreak, but for the potential scale and organization of severe reports across the South and Mid-South. While it remains too early to determine exact…

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — A more potent cold front is now in focus for Monday, and early forecast data suggests this system could pack a stronger punch than the one currently moving through parts of the South. Meteorologists are watching a developing setup that could bring a renewed round of strong to severe thunderstorms from the…

DALLAS, TEXAS — The Storm Prediction Center has officially introduced organized severe weather risks for both Sunday and Monday, signaling a potentially active two-day stretch from the Southern Plains into the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Forecast outlooks show highlighted severe risk areas on Sunday, March 15, centered over parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and western…

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — A volatile and potentially dangerous severe weather setup is taking shape for Monday across portions of the Deep South, with Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle positioned beneath an unusually intense combination of upper-level dynamics and Gulf moisture. Forecast model data shows a powerful mid-level trough digging across the central…

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — A significant and potentially high-impact spring storm is expected to move across the Midwest Sunday through Monday, bringing a sharp divide in weather hazards across Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and surrounding states. Forecast guidance shows a strengthening low-pressure system tracking through the region, creating a classic spring setup: heavy snow and possible…

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — After a winter filled with relentless systems, attention is now turning to a spring-like severe weather setup that could bring strong to severe thunderstorms to central and especially eastern Pennsylvania Monday afternoon and evening. Forecast guidance highlights a corridor of enhanced lightning density and convective potential stretching from southern Pennsylvania northward toward…

EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN — An unusual and meteorologically fascinating setup could unfold Thursday night into very early Friday across parts of Wisconsin, as a powerful cold-core low pressure system swings through the Upper Midwest. Forecasters are monitoring the potential for elevated mini-supercells capable of producing rain, snow, sleet, or small hail, and possibly even a…

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA — Forecast models are lighting up with an unusually intense snow signal for the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes, with multiple ensemble systems pointing toward a potentially high-impact winter storm — and possibly a powerful blizzard — later this week. The setup unfolds in two phases: one storm moving through over the next…