Author: Colton Hayes

UNITED STATES — A powerful 180 mph jet streak is driving a high-impact weather pattern across the western United States, delivering heavy snow, damaging winds, and flooding to the Pacific Northwest while simultaneously triggering widespread fire danger and high wind alerts from Montana through Colorado and into Texas. The latest National Weather Service hazard map…

ARKANSAS — A rapidly evolving severe weather setup on March 10, 2026, shows a clear and concerning progression in forecast outlooks, with tornado risk intensifying from early Day 3 projections through multiple Day 1 updates across the Mid-South and Ohio Valley. Newly analyzed categorical outlook progression maps reveal how the severe threat sharpened over time…

ARKANSAS — After soaring to near and even above 80 degrees on Wednesday, parts of the region could be staring at a stunning turnaround by Thursday, with rain potentially mixing with or changing to wet snow as a powerful cold front barrels through the state. According to the latest forecast information, this dramatic shift will…

BOULDER, COLORADO — High-resolution weather modeling is now painting a more alarming picture for Colorado’s Front Range, with potential wind gusts approaching or even exceeding 100 miles per hour in the foothills on Thursday. The latest HRRR 3 km wind gust guidance valid Thursday afternoon shows a concentrated corridor of extreme winds along the eastern…

GULF OF MEXICO — A significant marine heat wave has taken hold across the Gulf of Mexico, with sea surface temperatures running as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit above average in some immediate coastal waters. New sea surface temperature anomaly data compared to the 1991–2020 average shows a broad and intense zone of unusually warm…

BOULDER, COLORADO — What started as good news for wildfire concerns along Colorado’s Front Range has quickly shifted into a potentially dangerous wind setup for Thursday. The previously issued Red Flag Warning has been cancelled, with persistent cloud cover preventing the shallow cold air mass from mixing out. However, meteorologists are now closely monitoring a…

UNITED STATES — A major March heat wave is poised to grip the western and central United States next week, with forecasters warning of increasing chances for all-time March temperature records between Tuesday and Friday. The latest 8–14 Day Temperature Outlook, valid March 18–24, 2026, shows a broad and intense swath of above-normal temperatures stretching…

DALLAS–FORT WORTH, TEXAS — The Storm Prediction Center has issued a new Mesoscale Discussion covering northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma, and parts of central Texas as scattered strong to severe thunderstorms continue through the overnight hours. The discussion highlights a localized tornado risk focused over far northeast Texas near the Red River, along with gusty winds…

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — The latest high-resolution model guidance has shifted the highest severe weather threat eastward across Pennsylvania, now placing eastern and central portions of the state more firmly in the crosshairs compared to western Pennsylvania. While uncertainty remains in the setup, forecasters say any area that sees organized storms Wednesday afternoon could experience damaging…