BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — After weeks of dry, warm, and frustrating conditions across the Southeast and Cotton Belt, meaningful rainfall relief is finally on the horizon — as a breaking Bermuda High opens the door for improved rain chances across Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and the broader Southeast during the April 22 through 29 window, with…
MADISON, Wisconsin — The tornado risk across southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois has been officially upgraded — and a newly defined Tuesday tornado hot spot is now pinpointing the zone where both the highest tornado probability AND the strongest tornado potential overlap simultaneously — centered directly over Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin through Rockford, Illinois and…
CHICAGO, Illinois — A critical and counterintuitive afternoon update is emerging across the Midwest severe weather risk zone as of 2:50 PM CDT Tuesday, April 14 — clearing skies spreading across the Enhanced Risk area are not reducing today’s tornado threat. They are making it worse. The visible satellite imagery valid at 2:50 PM CDT…
CHICAGO, Illinois — A dangerous severe weather and tornado outbreak is still forecast to unfold this afternoon and evening across a massive corridor of the Midwest and Plains — with the Enhanced Risk — Level 3 out of 5 now covering a broad zone that includes Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Des Moines, Grand Rapids, La Crosse,…
CHICAGO, Illinois — A dangerous tornado setup is unfolding right now across the Midwest as a formal 10% hatched tornado risk — CIG2 designation has been issued for a focused corridor centered on eastern Iowa, northern Illinois, and southern Wisconsin — a signal that conditions may support strong, potentially long-track tornadoes during the late afternoon…
DUBUQUE, Iowa — A critical and rapidly evolving severe weather update is coming out of Iowa and Wisconsin at 6:12 PM EDT Tuesday, April 14 — while the broader Midwest storm system is upscaling too quickly and limiting the overall tornado threat across much of the region, two specific supercells have been identified and flagged…
CHICAGO, Illinois — A critical 2:25 PM severe weather update has sharpened the picture dramatically for Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin this Tuesday afternoon and evening — with three distinct storm development zones now clearly defined across the region, a primary long-track tornado window of 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM identified for the most dangerous corridor,…
LOS ANGELES, California — California’s coastal waters have reached a historic and alarming milestone — the warmest ocean temperatures ever recorded for the month of April — as a severe to extreme marine heatwave rages off the coasts of California and Baja California, locally reaching Category 5 intensity on the marine heatwave scale and sending…
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Tens of thousands of concert attendees heading to Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa this Saturday for a major outdoor show scheduled to begin at 5:30 PM CT need to keep a close eye on the weather — as showers and thunderstorms are forecast to move into Alabama Saturday night ahead…
MIAMI, Florida — A strong El Niño pattern is building ahead of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season — and while that is generally welcome news for coastal communities from Texas and Louisiana through Florida and up the Atlantic seaboard, history delivers an important and sobering warning that should not be overlooked: major hurricanes can and…