SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A two-round winter storm is targeting northern Utah Wednesday through Thursday, with mountain snow levels dropping to 6,500 feet and projected totals reaching 3 to 8 inches across the mountains — with Alta seeing up to 9 inches and Park City picking up 1 inch of accumulation by Thursday at…
WAUSAU, Wisconsin — The April 17, 2026 tornado outbreak has now grown to 64 confirmed tornadoes — and that number is still rising as damage surveys continue across the Midwest. The most destructive single tornado of the entire outbreak struck Marathon County, Wisconsin, where up to 75 homes in Ringle were heavily damaged, with entire…
WICHITA, Kansas — A two-punch severe weather setup is developing for Thursday, April 23 across the central Plains, with Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska facing threats from both a cold front and a separate dryline convection firing late Thursday afternoon into the evening. The official severe weather outlook places a 15–29% probability of severe weather within…
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — A major climate shift is underway that will define summer and fall across the Gulf Coast and Deep South — El Niño is emerging, with a 61% chance of developing between May and July 2026 and persisting through at least the end of 2026. For Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and surrounding states, this…
CHICAGO, Illinois — The Thursday severe weather outbreak is coming into sharper focus, and the threat is significant. An Enhanced Risk of severe weather now covers a corridor stretching from Oklahoma and Kansas through Iowa, Illinois, and into southwestern Wisconsin, with tornado probability reaching 30% in the hatched core zone — meaning conditions favorable for…
RENO, Nevada — An upper-level storm system is slamming into California’s Sierra Nevada Tuesday through Tuesday night, burying mountain passes under 6 to 12 inches of heavy snow above 6,000 feet elevation while wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph create near-whiteout conditions on critical travel corridors including Donner Pass on Interstate 80. Travel is…
MIAMI, Florida — Good news may be on the horizon for Florida, Georgia, and the entire East Coast — the Atlantic Ocean is running significantly colder than normal across the main hurricane development zone, and that cold water is one of the most powerful brakes on hurricane formation that nature has to offer. Ocean temperature…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A region-wide Freeze Watch is now in effect from Monday night into Tuesday morning across Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, with temperatures expected to drop to 32°F or below — a late-season cold shot that arrives just as many residents have begun planting spring gardens and landscaping. Monday itself will be blustery…
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — In a stat that is hard to believe, Wisconsin has already recorded 23 confirmed tornadoes in 2026 — matching the state’s entire full-year average before the heart of tornado season even arrives. Even more alarming, the state has seen three EF-3 tornadoes this year, when the average is less than one per…
DODGE CITY, Kansas — Widely scattered severe thunderstorms are expected to develop across the High Plains Wednesday afternoon, with Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska in the primary zone as storm-supporting dew points of 57–62°F surge into the region by 3 PM MDT. While this is not a widespread outbreak, any storms that do get going will…