UNITED STATES — As severe weather season ramps up across the country, meteorologists are using more detailed tools to communicate the intensity potential of tornadoes, hail, and damaging winds. One of those tools is the Convective Intensity Guidance (CIG) scale, which helps forecasters describe the maximum expected severity of storms within a risk area. Recent…
UNITED STATES — Meteorologists are warning of a potentially dangerous severe weather outbreak on Friday, March 6, as a powerful storm system is forecast to sweep across the Southern Plains into the Midwest, creating conditions favorable for large hail, destructive winds, and strong tornadoes. Forecast maps from the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center (SPC)…
UNITED STATES — Meteorologists are closely monitoring a powerful storm system developing over the central United States, where atmospheric conditions are aligning for a potentially significant severe weather outbreak on Friday, March 6. Forecast guidance shows an intense upper-level jet stream sweeping from Texas and Oklahoma northeast into Missouri, Illinois, and the Midwest, creating an…
UNITED STATES — The central United States is entering the first phase of a multi-day severe weather pattern, with thunderstorms expected to develop today along a corridor stretching from North Texas through Arkansas and Missouri into southern Illinois. Meteorologists say this initial round of storms will act as an “appetizer” to a potentially more active…
UNITED STATES — The first round of a multi-day severe weather pattern is expected to unfold today across the central and southern United States, where meteorologists say a developing storm system could trigger widespread thunderstorms from the southern Plains to the Ohio Valley. According to the latest severe weather outlook, storms are likely to form…
UNITED STATES — A powerful upper-level storm system moving inland across the United States could set the stage for a major severe weather event across the Midwest, with meteorologists closely watching conditions developing from Missouri and Illinois northward into Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Forecast models indicate the atmosphere may be preparing for a volatile combination…
UNITED STATES — Meteorologists are warning that Friday, March 6 could bring the most widespread severe weather outbreak of 2026 so far, with a large corridor from Texas through the Midwest into Illinois and Michigan expected to face dangerous thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail. Forecast models show an unusually strong…
UTAH — A new winter system moving across Utah and parts of the Intermountain West is expected to bring two rounds of snowfall over the next 48 hours, with some communities seeing measurable accumulation beginning tonight and continuing through Friday morning. Forecast models show the first wave of snow arriving late tonight as a cold…
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA — Recent stretches of mild weather across the Charlotte metro area and the North Carolina Piedmont have caused yards and landscapes to begin greening up earlier than usual. But meteorologists are warning residents not to let the warm conditions fool them — the risk of frost and freezing temperatures is still very…
TEXAS PANHANDLE & SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA — Weather conditions across parts of the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma are expected to become increasingly favorable for severe thunderstorms and potential tornado development on Thursday, March 5, particularly from Amarillo to Altus. Meteorologists are highlighting a corridor that includes communities such as Claude, Silverton, Floydada, Turkey, Matador, Memphis,…