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WICHITA, Kansas — High-based rotating supercells are expected to fire across Kansas on Thursday, May 14, 2026, targeting a concentrated zone from Salina and Emporia southward through Wichita and Topeka, with hail up to 2 inches in diameter and sporadic damaging gusts as the primary threats during the afternoon hours. The tornado threat is very…

WASHINGTON, DC — Chatter about an incoming Super El Nino has been growing, and while comparisons to the devastating 1877 event sound alarming, the likely impacts on North America and the Washington DC region are very different from what that historic event did globally in terms of droughts and famine. Here is what a typical…

MIAMI, Florida — For the first time in 2026, a computer model is showing a low-probability signal for tropical development in the southwest Atlantic, with the potential activity appearing in the 8 to 10 day timeframe around Saturday, May 23, 2026. While the probability is low and only a handful of ensemble model runs are…

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — Big downpours are tracking east right now along the Interstate 95 corridor through Volusia and Flagler Counties, Florida as of 6:24 PM Tuesday, May 12, 2026, with 20 total lightning strikes recorded and heavy rainfall causing near-zero visibility on Interstate 95 near Ormond Beach. This is the last real rain chance…

BALTIMORE, Maryland — A stark rainfall divide has been carving through the Mid-Atlantic region over the past 60 days, from March 13 through May 12, 2026, leaving Maryland and Virginia in a deepening drought while communities north of a sharp storm track boundary across Pennsylvania have seen surplus rainfall of 2 to 4 inches above…

WICHITA, Kansas — Two extended precipitation forecasts run just 24 hours apart are telling dramatically different stories for Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Colorado covering the 30-day period from May 22 through June 22, 2026, highlighting just how volatile and uncertain long-range rainfall forecasts can be for the Plains region heading into early summer. The May…

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — A passing front will squeeze out a brief shower or storm across portions of North Carolina and South Carolina tonight between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM Wednesday, May 13, 2026, with the heaviest rainfall concentrated along a narrow corridor from Shelby and Gastonia through Charlotte, Salisbury and Greensboro. This is not…

WICHITA, Kansas — A dangerous dual threat is unfolding across the Great Plains and central Rockies from Thursday, May 14 into Friday, May 15, 2026. Red Flag Warnings are in effect across large portions of Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado and Montana as gusty winds and low relative humidity create critical fire weather, while severe…

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — High confidence exists for a rain and storm system pushing through Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan from Friday, May 22 through at least Saturday morning, May 23, 2026. The critical question for Indy 500 fans is simple: how fast does it clear before Race Day Sunday, May 24? Race Day morning currently…

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…