STORMS

Storm Snowfall Map 1

Storm Discussion

On our storm map today, we’re tracking the next round of severe weather expected to break out across the Plains tomorrow and Tuesday. That has become a familiar pattern lately, with repeated storm systems moving through the central part of the country and interacting with warm, unstable air.

The primary severe weather threat tomorrow and Tuesday will focus from Kansas and Nebraska north into the central and northern Plains. Thunderstorms in that zone may become severe with damaging wind gusts, large hail, and a few tornadoes, especially during the afternoon and evening hours as storms organize and track eastward.

As we move toward next weekend and into early next week, the focus for severe weather is expected to shift east into the Great Lakes and eventually the Northeast. A much warmer air mass will begin lifting northward, replacing the recent cool weather across the East with more summer-like conditions.

That warmer air could send temperatures back into the 80s and even lower 90s in some areas, and with the added humidity in place, showers and thunderstorms may become more active again. That sets the stage for a more widespread late-spring to early-summer pattern heading into next week, with the severe weather risk gradually shifting east along with the heat.