8-26-18 Central Plains Sunday Update: Tracking the threat for scattered strong storms across the northern portions of the area through Monday…heat and humidity continues. I.
26
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-26-18 Central Plains Sunday Update: Tracking the threat for scattered strong storms across the northern portions of the area through Monday…heat and humidity continues. I.

Good morning everyone! A wave of showers and storms continues to work its way northeast across northeastern KS, eastern NE, far northwestern MO, and western IA as of 10:20am CDT. I expect this convection to progress further into IA through the remainder of the morning into the afternoon hours, likely…
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8-26-18 IN/IL/OH Sunday Update: Disturbances to clip the far northern sections through Tuesday morning…isolated pop-ups with heat and humidity elsewhere. I.
26
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-26-18 IN/IL/OH Sunday Update: Disturbances to clip the far northern sections through Tuesday morning…isolated pop-ups with heat and humidity elsewhere. I.

Good Sunday morning everyone! A widespread area of 0.5-2" of rain fell across portions of east-central IL, central/northern IN, and northwest OH yesterday morning into the afternoon hours. A lone storm during the evening tracked through southeastern IN with reports of baseball sized hail east of Greensburg, IN and locally…
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8-25-18 IN/IL/OH Afternoon Update: Areas of showers and storms weaken as they push east…watching for isolated development, possibly strong, into the evening/overnight hours. I.
25
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-25-18 IN/IL/OH Afternoon Update: Areas of showers and storms weaken as they push east…watching for isolated development, possibly strong, into the evening/overnight hours. I.

Good afternoon everyone! This post will discuss recent trends for the rest of today into tomorrow morning. We are still tracking showers and heavier storms across central IN into western OH as of 2:05pm EDT. The low-level jet fueling this convection has begun to weaken, which is allowing a slow weakening…
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8-25-18 Central Plains Saturday Update: Couple of disturbances to impact the region through the weekend…heat and humidity continues into mid-next week. I.
25
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-25-18 Central Plains Saturday Update: Couple of disturbances to impact the region through the weekend…heat and humidity continues into mid-next week. I.

Good morning everyone! We are currently tracking a narrow swath of rain with embedded thunderstorms along the eastern half of the KS/OK border with a few isolated showers/storms pushing eastward across southwest MO. The radar loop below is current as of 10:55am CDT. Please note that the radar echoes in…
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8-25-18 Northern Plains Saturday Update: Discussing storm chances, possibly strong, through the weekend while active pattern continues into early work week. I.
25
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-25-18 Northern Plains Saturday Update: Discussing storm chances, possibly strong, through the weekend while active pattern continues into early work week. I.

Good Saturday morning everyone! Most in the region are dry this morning with the exception being portions of southern and eastern ND where light showers are currently pushing through. This lack of activity in the region will likely change heading into the afternoon and evening as widely scattered development is…
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8-25-18 IN/IL/OH Saturday Update: Heavy storms across portions of the area today…discussing additional storm chances/heat and humidity through the weekend. I.
25
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-25-18 IN/IL/OH Saturday Update: Heavy storms across portions of the area today…discussing additional storm chances/heat and humidity through the weekend. I.

Good Saturday morning everyone! A substantial, broken line of storms has ignited over the last several hours extending from northern IN southwestward through western IN and southeastern IL. The radar loop shown below is current as of 8:10am EDT. With the warm front lifting into the region and a stout low-level jet…
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8-24-18 IN/IL/OH Evening Update: Scattered storms expected to track eastward overnight tonight/Saturday morning…widely scattered storms with increasing heat/humidity through the weekend. I.
24
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-24-18 IN/IL/OH Evening Update: Scattered storms expected to track eastward overnight tonight/Saturday morning…widely scattered storms with increasing heat/humidity through the weekend. I.

Good evening everyone! The large expanse of heavy stratiform rains that impacted most of IL earlier today has since dwindled into scattered, lighter rains across southern IL and southwest IN as it follows in the path of greatest instability. The radar shown below is as of 6:15pm EDT. The drier,…
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8-24-18 MN/IA/MO Evening Update: Tracking the potential for strong to severe storms in the area this evening…Strong storm threat for MN Saturday. I.
24
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-24-18 MN/IA/MO Evening Update: Tracking the potential for strong to severe storms in the area this evening…Strong storm threat for MN Saturday. I.

Good afternoon everyone! We are still tracking the threat for strong to severe thunderstorms stretching from far southern MN through central and eastern IA into northern MO. A more isolated strong storm risk remains across southern MO, though forcing remains very questionable at this time. Greater forcing exists north of…
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