SOUTHERN AND EASTERN UNITED STATES — The most active weather pattern over the next two weeks will be concentrated across the Southern and Eastern United States, with ensemble precipitation guidance valid through Wednesday, May 20, 2026 showing widespread heavy rainfall totals across a broad corridor from the Deep South through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, peaking…
ARKANSAS — Severe weather is expected across the Mid South on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, with supercells capable of dropping gorilla hail and producing strong tornadoes targeting a corridor from northeast Texas through Arkansas and into western Kentucky. All hazards of severe weather are possible, with the best area for tornado potential concentrated across central…
INDIANA — A cluster of storms with heavy rain and lightning is pushing southeast through the southern half of Indiana as of 5:00 AM EDT Tuesday, May 5, 2026, tracking toward Indianapolis, Dayton, Cincinnati and Lexington. A brief break is possible after these morning storms pass but widespread heavy rain returns this afternoon and evening…
TEXAS — A large and widespread severe weather risk is in place for Wednesday, May 6, 2026 from Texas to North Carolina, with the core Slight Risk zone centered across Dallas, Shreveport, Jackson, New Orleans, Mobile and Birmingham where damaging winds, very large hail and a few tornadoes will all be possible. Slight Risk Core…
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA — Confidence is increasing that the Charlotte metro and surrounding Carolina Piedmont will see measurable beneficial rainfall starting late Wednesday, May 6 into Thursday, May 7, 2026, with the ensemble mean settling near 1 inch by Friday morning and the model blend map pegging the Charlotte area at 1.25 inches through Friday,…
NORTH GEORGIA — The National Weather Service Atlanta has issued a weather risk outlook for Wednesday night through Thursday morning across North Georgia, combining a Level 1 Severe threat and a Level 2 Excessive Rainfall threat as a line of showers and thunderstorms settles into the region through mid-week. Damaging winds of 40 to 60…
DENVER, COLORADO — Winter storm watches, warnings and winter weather advisories are in effect across parts of the central Rockies including Denver as a late-season snowstorm moves through the region from tonight, Monday May 4 through Thursday morning, May 7, 2026. The official NWS snowfall forecast issued at 11:15 AM EDT Monday, May 4 shows…
MISSISSIPPI — Another widespread rain event is taking shape across the South this week, with multiple rounds of storms targeting the Deep South before the system’s remnants push into the Southeast mid-week. Total precipitation guidance valid through Monday, May 11, 2026 shows amounts reaching a maximum of 4.03 inches across the core of the Deep…
COLORADO AND WYOMING — A significant late season snowstorm is bearing down on Colorado and Wyoming with model guidance valid through 12Z Thursday, May 7, 2026 showing total snowfall amounts reaching as high as 47.4 inches in the mountains, while accumulated positive snow depth change — the more realistic measure of what will actually stick…
MISSOURI, TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY — A wet week is setting up across the lower Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys from Monday, May 4 through Thursday, May 7, 2026, with modeled rainfall totals of 1.5 to 3 inches scattered across the core zone and a localized flooding risk developing across the region as multiple rounds of…