WEATHER

UNITED STATES — Forecasters with the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) have upgraded the tornado threat across parts of the southern Plains, highlighting extreme southwest Oklahoma and the southeast Texas Panhandle as areas that could experience dangerous severe storms capable of producing isolated significant tornadoes later today. Meteorologists say the upgraded risk reflects increasing concern that…

PACIFIC NORTHWEST — Long-range weather models are hinting at a powerful and complex storm system that could impact Washington State and the broader Pacific Northwest in roughly 9 to 11 days, potentially bringing a rare combination of heavy snow, strong winds, and an atmospheric river event. The scenario comes from a recent Global Forecast System…

ALFALFA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA — Meteorologists are analyzing a powerful tornado that narrowly missed a major weather radar site Thursday night, after the storm passed dangerously close to the KVNX radar at Kegelman Air Force Auxiliary Field in Alfalfa County. According to early analysis of radar data, the tornado may have reached intense strength, potentially approaching…

NORTHERN ILLINOIS — Forecasters are warning that multiple rounds of thunderstorms could move across northern Illinois on Friday, March 6, bringing periods of heavy rain, lightning, and a low-end severe weather risk to cities including Chicago, Rockford, Aurora, DeKalb, and surrounding communities. Meteorologists say the evolving storm pattern may deliver two main waves of storms…

FLORIDA — A surge of intense thunderstorms lit up the skies across Florida on Wednesday as meteorologists recorded more than 12,000 lightning strikes, most of them concentrated along the western side of the Florida Peninsula. The burst of lightning activity is unusually intense for early March and offered a preview of Florida’s summer-style thunderstorm season,…

UNITED STATES — A volatile severe weather setup is expected to unfold Friday, March 6, across parts of the Midwest and central United States, where meteorologists warn that damaging winds, large hail, and a few potentially significant tornadoes could develop as a powerful cold front pushes southeast through the region. Weather analysts say the evolving…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forecasters say the Mid-Atlantic region could experience one of the most complicated temperature forecasts of the week on Friday, as a stubborn wedge of cool air collides with warmer spring air pushing north from the South. Meteorologists at the National Weather Service warn that temperature differences across relatively short distances could reach…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Meteorologists are facing a challenging temperature forecast for the Washington D.C. metropolitan area on Friday, as uncertainty surrounding the exact placement of a nearby weather front could dramatically influence temperatures across the region. Current model guidance suggests that a boundary separating two very different air masses may sit near the D.C. area,…

SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI — The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has upgraded today’s tornado outlook, introducing a 5% tornado probability corridor stretching across parts of the Ozarks, including northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. The update signals that conditions may become favorable for isolated tornado development as storms organize across the region throughout the day….

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — Long-range weather guidance is beginning to hint that early April could bring a more active storm pattern across the Mississippi Valley and parts of the Midwest, according to recent extended-range model projections. Meteorologists reviewing the latest GFS extended ensemble forecasts say there are early signs that the atmospheric pattern may shift…