WEATHER

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Early signs of spring thunderstorm activity could arrive across parts of the Mid-Atlantic Thursday evening, as several weather models suggest scattered thunderstorms developing near Washington, Baltimore, and surrounding communities. Meteorologists say the setup features enough mid-level warmth and atmospheric energy for storms to form, though the environment is not expected to support…

ALTUS, OKLAHOMA — Weather models are increasingly pointing toward potential supercell thunderstorm development along the Texas–Oklahoma border after dark, raising concerns for large hail, damaging winds, and possible tornadoes across parts of southwestern Oklahoma and northern Texas. Forecast guidance from the RRFS 00z model run indicates that additional supercells could form late Friday evening, particularly…

ILLINOIS — The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued an Enhanced Risk for severe weather on Friday stretching from the Southern Plains into the Mid-Missouri Valley, signaling the potential for tornadoes, very large hail, and damaging winds across multiple states including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and parts of Illinois. Meteorologists warn that the developing system…

DALLAS, TEXAS — Long-range weather models are beginning to highlight a notable signal for increased supercell thunderstorm potential across the southern United States during late March, raising concerns among meteorologists as the spring severe weather season approaches. The CFSv2 Week 3 Accumulated Supercell Composite Parameter forecast, covering the period from March 18 through March 24,…

SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI — The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued a Mesoscale Discussion covering portions of the Ozarks into the lower Ohio River Valley, warning that severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail and isolated tornadoes may continue across the region through roughly 9 PM CST. The discussion highlights an active corridor stretching from southern…

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Forecasters say multiple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms could move across northern Illinois Friday into early Saturday morning, with the greatest threat arriving Friday night when a powerful squall line develops along a cold front moving in from the central Plains. Weather models indicate an initial round of storms late Friday…

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI — Meteorologists are closely monitoring an enhanced severe weather setup expected Friday afternoon and evening across the Central Plains into the Mid-Mississippi River Valley, where storms could bring damaging winds, large hail, and possible tornadoes from Oklahoma and Kansas through Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa and potentially Illinois. Forecast guidance shows a bi-modal severe…

SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI — The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has upgraded tornado probabilities across southern Missouri as a cluster of supercell thunderstorms begins organizing across the Ozarks, signaling a growing severe weather threat stretching across parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley and into portions of the Ohio Valley. Meteorologists say the evolving storm system could produce…

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI — A potentially dangerous bi-modal severe weather setup is developing across the Southern and Central Plains into the Mid-Mississippi River Valley, where meteorologists say a fast-moving crashing cold front could trigger a widespread outbreak of damaging winds, embedded tornadoes, and isolated supercells on Friday. Weather model guidance shows storms forming from Kansas…

UNITED STATES — The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has officially rolled out its updated Day 1 categorical outlook graphics, and the first map under the new design highlights a broad but lower-end severe weather risk stretching from the southern Plains into the Midwest. While no higher-end risk categories are in play, the refreshed look marks…