UNITED STATES — In a dramatic and unusual shift in national drought conditions, the latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows 100% of Florida now classified in drought, while California reports zero percent of the state in drought conditions. The February 24, 2026 Drought Monitor map highlights a striking contrast between the Southeast and the West Coast…
UNITED STATES — After one of the warmest opening stretches of March in recent memory across much of the central and eastern United States, new model guidance is signaling a dramatic reversal by mid-month, with significantly colder air plunging southward into the Northern Plains, Upper Midwest and Great Lakes. Forecast anomaly maps show a striking…
PENNSYLVANIA — A classic backdoor cold front is setting up across the Northeast late this week, keeping much of Pennsylvania locked in chilly 40-degree highs Friday and Saturday while noticeably warmer air builds just to the west across Ohio and parts of West Virginia. This pattern is being driven by high pressure centered in southeastern…
UNITED STATES — Several rounds of severe weather are lining up this week across the Central United States, with the threat zone stretching from Texas and Oklahoma north into Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and parts of the Lower Midwest between Wednesday and Friday. Forecast guidance highlights three consecutive days of concern, each with the potential for…
COLORADO — A concentrated band of heavy precipitation is impacting Park County, southern Jefferson County, Douglas County, Teller County, El Paso County, Pueblo County and Fremont County, with radar imagery showing the most intense returns centered from Colorado Springs south toward Pueblo. Late evening radar indicates a dense core of heavy precipitation stretching across El…
UTAH — A colder storm system is lining up to move into the state Thursday and linger into Friday, with forecast guidance pointing to a solid round of mountain snow and more uncertain totals for the valleys, including Salt Lake City, Provo and Tooele. While the exact storm track and intensity are still being refined,…
KANSAS — A complex and potentially volatile severe weather setup is taking shape across southern Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas for Friday, as forecast models show two distinct storm modes developing along a crashing cold front and sharpening dryline. Guidance suggests the atmosphere could support both a fast-moving line of storms and discrete supercells — with…
UNITED STATES — A broad corridor of severe weather is taking shape from Texas through Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois and into the southern Great Lakes, as NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) highlights an organized storm threat for Friday, March 6. At the same time, the SPC is rolling out an important update to how it communicates…
NORTHERN UTAH — A closer look at water year precipitation totals across Utah reveals a surprisingly balanced picture heading into early March, with most mountain observation sites in northern Utah sitting near seasonal averages. Data covering October 1, 2025 through March 1, 2026 shows that many high-elevation sites are reporting around 100% of the 1991–2020…
KANSAS — A renewed severe weather signal is emerging for parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska late Thursday into early Friday, as high-resolution model data highlights a corridor of intense storm rotation across the Central Plains. New experimental 3km model guidance shows a pronounced southwest-to-northeast swath of strong updraft helicity — a key indicator of…