Author: Colton Hayes

COLORADO — A significant stretch of unseasonably warm, dry, and increasingly windy weather is setting the stage for elevated to potentially critical fire weather conditions across northern Colorado, with the most concerning impacts expected beginning Thursday, March 12. Jefferson, Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer, and Weld counties are specifically highlighted as areas where strong winds could heighten…

MISSISSIPPI — Forecasters have expanded the tornado outlook to include a 5% risk area across northern Mississippi and northern Alabama for this afternoon and evening, citing an increasingly supportive environment for at least a couple of tornadoes. Updated high-resolution ensemble guidance shows strengthening ingredients across the region, prompting what meteorologists describe as a prudent expansion…

UNITED STATES — A significant warming trend is taking shape across the western United States, with new 6–10 day and 8–14 day outlooks showing strong probabilities for above-normal temperatures stretching from California through the Desert Southwest and into much of the Interior West. Forecast guidance valid March 15–19 and again March 17–23 indicates widespread warmth…

MIDWEST — A potentially significant severe weather setup is taking shape from eastern Iowa into Illinois and Indiana, but new high-resolution model data highlights both the strength of the environment and the uncertainties that could determine whether tornado potential fully materializes. The 18z HRRR model run shows a very potent atmosphere developing near a warm…

CENTRAL TEXAS — For the first time in Storm Prediction Center history, a Category 2 (CIG 2) Hail Risk has been introduced for parts of Central Texas, signaling an unusually high-end threat for destructive hail on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. The Severe Hail Outlook highlights a focused zone stretching across Central Texas where atmospheric conditions…

ILLINOIS — A sharp and highly unusual weather boundary is setting up across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana today (March 10), creating a striking contrast in storm threats depending on where you live. Just a few miles could mean the difference between a hail-producing elevated storm near Lake Michigan and a potentially tornado-capable surface-based storm…

UNITED STATES — Long-range weather models are signaling a highly unusual temperature pattern developing across the United States during mid-March, with forecasters highlighting a rare signal showing extreme warmth across the western United States while colder air settles across parts of the Northeast. Meteorologists say the forecast includes one of the strongest above-average temperature probability…

UNITED STATES — Forecast models are increasingly signaling a growing severe weather threat across the central United States on Tuesday, with the latest outlooks highlighting parts of Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and surrounding states as areas where strong thunderstorms could develop. New projections from both Colorado State University’s machine-learning severe weather model and the Storm…

UNITED STATES — Meteorologists are closely watching a rare atmospheric setup developing across the central United States, where an unusual combination of jet stream dynamics and increasing instability could create conditions favorable for strong thunderstorms across Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and nearby Midwest states. While forecasters note that the pattern is not the typical configuration…

ILLINOIS — Meteorologists are closely monitoring a developing severe weather setup across the Midwest as warmer and increasingly unstable air spreads north into Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, and Kentucky Tuesday, potentially setting the stage for tornadic thunderstorms later in the evening. Recent forecast model updates suggest the warm sector across the central United States may become…