Author: Colton Hayes

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Monday, May 18, 2026 is shaping up to be a potentially big severe weather day across the Plains, Corn Belt and Upper Midwest, with scattered to numerous storms expected to bring damaging winds, destructive hail and some tornadoes across a large corridor from Kansas and Oklahoma northeastward through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana…

MORRO BAY, California — Hazardous marine conditions are developing along the California coast from Big Sur southward through Cambria, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo and Point Conception, with moderate gale-force to fresh gale-force northwesterly winds of 32 to 46 mph and gusts exceeding 55 mph forecast to develop Saturday, May 16 through Sunday, May 17,…

MELBOURNE, Florida — A dangerous atmospheric setup is developing over Brevard County, Florida as of 4:23 PM Tuesday, May 12, 2026, with upper level wind shear exceeding 60 knots from the surface to 6 kilometers up supporting long-lived storms capable of large hail, damaging winds and enhanced rotation potential as storms approach from the southwest….

CHICAGO, Illinois — Storms are forming right now on the backside of widespread rain moving through Illinois and Indiana as of 9:00 PM ET Tuesday, May 12, 2026, with 50 to 60 mph wind gusts and hail being watched with these storms as they track eastward at 45 mph toward Chicago, South Bend and Fort…

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Millions of birds will take flight tonight across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, taking advantage of mild and calm conditions to migrate northward during one of the largest bird migration nights of the season, Tuesday, May 12 into the morning of Wednesday, May 13, 2026. High migration levels are forecast across Virginia, West…

KISSIMMEE, Florida — A fairly impressive supercell is active this afternoon in rural Osceola County, Florida, near Holopaw, Deer Park and Kenansville, capable of producing large hail and expected to remain organized for some time due to moderate instability and strong upper-level wind shear in the atmosphere. The cell is considered mostly non-tornadic given very…

WICHITA, Kansas — Scattered hailstorms are on the way for Kansas on Thursday, May 14, 2026, with hail up to 2 inches in diameter and sporadic damaging gusts possible across a concentrated zone including Russell, Salina, Topeka, McPherson, Emporia and Wichita after 4:00 PM. Storms are expected to remain as lone, discrete supercells through approximately…

BALTIMORE, Maryland — Wednesday, May 13, 2026 evening and night could get bumpy across Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, with perhaps two lines of showers and thunderstorms pushing through the region between 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM as temperatures boost into the 70s ahead of an approaching cold front. The severe risk is low and focused…

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Weekly forecast data is signaling more dry time on the horizon across the North Central United States as the calendar turns toward early June 2026, with El Nino forcing most moisture chances southward and leaving the northern half of the country in a worsening dry pattern through Sunday, June 7. The precipitation…

ORLANDO, Florida — Multiple strong storms showing broad rotation were tracked across western central Florida as of 3:00 PM Tuesday, May 12, 2026, all moving east toward Orlando and the Space Coast in the coming hours. If any of these storms turn severe they could produce hail, wind and a brief tornado, with the severe…