SOUTHERN PLAINS — A highly active early-March pattern is setting up across the central United States, with multiple rounds of severe weather expected from North Texas through Oklahoma, eastern Kansas and into Missouri over the coming days. Forecast guidance indicates Wednesday, March 4, and Friday, March 6 as key days to watch, with Friday currently…
TENNESSEE VALLEY — A prolonged and unusually expansive rainfall pattern is setting up across the central and eastern United States, with forecast guidance indicating a 1,200-mile swath of 3 inches or more and a 900-mile corridor of 5 inches or greater rainfall totals over the next 10 days. This type of widespread, high-end precipitation signal…
TEXAS — Severe weather is set to return to the central United States this week, with Wednesday through Saturday all currently under a Level 2 out of 5 Slight Risk, and forecasters signaling that Friday into Friday night may carry the highest-end severe potential. The evolving setup centers over the heart of the country, stretching…
VIRGINIA — A dramatic temperature contrast is setting up for Friday, March 6, as early March teeters between winter chill and spring warmth, with 70s projected across much of Virginia while Maryland, including Baltimore, remains stuck in the 40s and low 50s. Forecast guidance highlights a classic backdoor cold front scenario, where cooler air presses…
TEXAS — A renewed early-March severe weather pattern is taking shape across the southern Plains and lower Midwest, with Wednesday, March 4 and Friday, March 6 highlighted as the highest-confidence days for organized severe storms across parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. Forecasters indicate a compact upper-level disturbance will interact with a seasonally…
OKLAHOMA — Severe weather chances are expected to ramp up by midweek and continue into the second week of March, with Wednesday, March 4 and Friday, March 6 currently showing the highest confidence for organized severe storms across portions of Oklahoma and Kansas. Forecasters indicate that this marks the beginning of a more active early-March…
ILLINOIS — Light snow is expected to move across northern portions of the state today, but meaningful accumulation will stay mostly north of the Illinois border, with heavier snowfall targeting Wisconsin and other parts of the Upper Midwest. The latest 24-hour snowfall outlook shows Illinois sitting along the southern edge of the primary snow band,…
UTAH — The latest end-of-February snowpack update paints a concerning picture across much of the state, with mid and low elevations running far below normal and only the higher mountain basins offering modest relief as March begins. The February 28 Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) map shows widespread deficits, with several basins sitting below 60% of…
OKLAHOMA — A renewed round of severe weather risk is taking shape across the southern Plains this week, with a 15% probability zone in place Wednesday across parts of Oklahoma before the threat shifts north into Kansas and Missouri by Friday, according to the latest severe weather outlook maps. The midweek setup keeps storm chances…
UNITED STATES — Meteorological spring is arriving with authority as a strengthening upper-level ridge sets the stage for a widespread warm-up across the southern tier of the country, while at the same time the Storm Prediction Center flags two separate 15% severe weather risks across the Southern Plains this week. Ridge Building Sets Up Widespread…