8-7-18 IN/IL/OH PM Update: Locally heavy rain/strong storm risks continue into Wednesday. Latest here! N.
07
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-7-18 IN/IL/OH PM Update: Locally heavy rain/strong storm risks continue into Wednesday. Latest here! N.

Video: http://youtu.be/8e1p5PX0DxE?hd=1 Good afternoon!  Expecting scattered storms to re-develop from the afternoon and evening across portions of Indiana and Ohio, with the most widespread activity across southern Illinois.  Think the latest HRRR has a decent handle on things....this is the radar animation from 2pm today through 10pm this evening EDT.…
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8-7-18 Central Plains Forecast: Storm chances shift south through mid-week….drier pattern develops for most. Details here. N.
07
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-7-18 Central Plains Forecast: Storm chances shift south through mid-week….drier pattern develops for most. Details here. N.

Video: http://youtu.be/-LC7fjhAQJw?hd=1 Forecast across the region today: Forecast radar time-stamps through the day: Will need to watch southwest Kansas for an uptick in storm chances mainly after midnight tonight into Wednesday morning.  Forecast radar from 11pm-11am CDT tonight into Wednesday morning shown below: Total precipitation through 11am Wednesday: Watch the…
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Tuesday Weather Package
07
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

Tuesday Weather Package

Good Tuesday morning!  Here are the updated 7-day outlooks: We highlighted an area for potential localized (widespread not likely) flash flooding and heavy rainfall this morning given the west to east nature of the storm coverage across the southern Ohio Valley...models will struggle with this feature: The NAM-3km model initialized…
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8-6-18 IN/IL/OH Evening Update: Tracking a developing broken line of storms across portions of the region…a few storms may become severe through the overnight. I.
06
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-6-18 IN/IL/OH Evening Update: Tracking a developing broken line of storms across portions of the region…a few storms may become severe through the overnight. I.

Good evening everyone! This will be a quick update regarding this evening/tonight's severe weather threat. Models have become less aggressive with storm development over central IL this evening. They've also had a poor handle on today's setup with most initialization starting off inaccurately. Regardless, a broken line of storms have…
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8-6-18 IN/IL/OH PM Update: Strong storm development expected mid-late afternoon over the western portions of the area. Additional storms likely heading into tomorrow. I.
06
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-6-18 IN/IL/OH PM Update: Strong storm development expected mid-late afternoon over the western portions of the area. Additional storms likely heading into tomorrow. I.

Afternoon video: http://youtu.be/tIWhkk9q4HI?hd=1 Good afternoon everyone! The remnants of this morning's storm activity over northern IL and IA have died out over northern IL with additional showers working into northwest IL as of 2:05pm EDT. An increase in storm activity can be noted across far northern IN.  The showers/storms over far northern…
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8-6-18 Central Plains Forecast: Continued storm risks shift south through Tuesday….drier mid-week. N.
06
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-6-18 Central Plains Forecast: Continued storm risks shift south through Tuesday….drier mid-week. N.

Video: http://youtu.be/MlTMgHkKK_A?hd=1 Today's forecast across the region:  VERY hot ahead of the cold front in Kansas/Missouri today!  Shower and storm chances increase mainly after 4/5pm lasting through the overnight with the highest risks in the shaded areas. Here is a general time-line of the storm progression across these areas this…
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Monday Weather Package
06
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

Monday Weather Package

Good Monday morning!  Here are the updated 7-day forecasts: Timing and location of showers and storms is all in today's video so make sure to reference that...however, we've highlighted an area below where we feel has the best shot today into tonight for strong to severe storms with the potential…
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8-5-18 NE/IA/MN/SD PM Update: Strong/severe storm risks increasing through the evening hours…areas of heavy rains likely in northeast NE/northern IA. I.
05
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-5-18 NE/IA/MN/SD PM Update: Strong/severe storm risks increasing through the evening hours…areas of heavy rains likely in northeast NE/northern IA. I.

Good afternoon everyone! A band of heavier showers and storms continue to progress northeast across northern NE into southern SD as of 12:40pm CDT. A few stray showers have also trekked into far southwestern MN/northwest IA. An earlier patch of showers/storms have pushed eastward across the state of IA with…
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8-5-18 Northern Plains Sunday Update: Additional sct’d strong storms possible through tonight, mainly in southern SD/MN. Iso/sct’d storms persist into tomorrow. I.
05
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-5-18 Northern Plains Sunday Update: Additional sct’d strong storms possible through tonight, mainly in southern SD/MN. Iso/sct’d storms persist into tomorrow. I.

Good Sunday morning everyone! A vast majority of the region this is dry as of 10:20am CDT with scattered showers/storms working their way northeastward into the far southern portions of SD.  Another day of impactful storms is on tap across our southern areas as discussed in the graphic below. The…
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