UNITED STATES — A newly illustrated severe weather outlook concept shows what a high-end event could look like under the Storm Prediction Center’s evolving hatching intensity forecast approach — and the map centers squarely on North Texas and eastern Oklahoma, including Dallas, McKinney, Plano, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The example graphic demonstrates how future high-risk…
UNITED STATES — Millions across the East Coast endured one of their coldest winters in decades, but extraordinary warmth across the Western United States pushed Winter 2025–26 into the record books as the second warmest winter ever recorded nationwide. New temperature ranking maps for December through February 2025–26, based on data dating back to 1895–96,…
UNITED STATES — A persistent dry pattern is setting up across Southern California, with forecast guidance showing little to no significant storm activity through at least the middle of March, even as much of the Midwest and Gulf Coast trend wetter than normal. Newly issued 6–10 day and 8–14 day precipitation outlooks (valid March 7–11…
UNITED STATES — The first true Plains severe weather chase setup of 2026 appears to be taking shape, with forecast models highlighting Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas for a potentially organized severe weather event around Thursday, March 7. Ensemble guidance shows strong atmospheric signals aligning — including a large western U.S. trough, strong wind flow at…
UNITED STATES — A total lunar eclipse will light up the night sky Monday night into early Tuesday morning, turning the Moon a deep reddish color across Illinois, Texas, California, New York and nearly the entire continental United States. If skies cooperate, this will be one of the most visually striking astronomical events of the…
UNITED STATES — A late-winter weather twist is developing for Maryland, with forecast models now indicating light snow potential across the Baltimore Metro on Monday, followed by a possible freezing rain threat early Tuesday morning. Short-range guidance, including high-resolution model projections, shows a narrow band of light snow spreading across central Maryland during the day…
UNITED STATES — A powerful upper-level ridge is forecast to build over the East Coast this weekend, setting the stage for a surge of abnormal early March warmth across Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, New Jersey and much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Forecast data shows temperatures running 15 to 20 degrees above average in parts…
UNITED STATES — Meteorological Spring has officially arrived, and the new season is wasting no time reshaping the national weather pattern. Forecast guidance shows a dramatic warm-up east of the Rockies, with above-average temperatures and increasing severe storm potential targeting parts of Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and the Mid-South through mid-March 2026. The pattern shift…
UNITED STATES — In one week, Americans will “spring forward” as Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 8, 2026, shifting clocks ahead one hour and delivering noticeably later sunsets across Illinois, New York, Texas, California and beyond. The time change means darker mornings but extended daylight in the evening — a shift that many associate…
UNITED STATES — The first meaningful severe weather signal of the 2026 season is emerging across the Southern Plains, with forecast guidance highlighting an elevated risk zone centered over Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Long-range outlook maps valid for early March show a 15% severe probability corridor stretching from central and northern Texas through much of…