***This post fixes a mistake with the precipitation graphic and the issuance of a new watch*** Good Thursday evening! This will be a quick update regarding this evening into tonight's severe weather/heavy rain threat. Scattered showers and storms have fired within the last couple of hours along the frontal boundary…
Good Thursday afternoon everyone! Showers and embedded thunderstorms continue across northern SD into west-central MN pushing ENE as of 2:30pm CDT. As we push further into the late afternoon hours, I expect this convection to persist over the next few hours before diminishing as more activity picks up across southern…
***Be sure to check out the video below regarding storm chances and timing over the next few days!*** Afternoon video: http://youtu.be/4m3aAfi33J0?hd=1 Good Thursday afternoon! A nice dry spell over the last several days across the area will transition to a more active pattern starting tonight along a frontal boundary drifting…
Video: http://youtu.be/xh1P9QHbq-I?hd=1 After a very quiet week so far, things start to change as we go throughout the next 60 hours. Watch the video for more info on timing of rainfall, but here is a look at rain potential going throughout the next 60 hours (through 1pm CDT Saturday). Watching…
Good Thursday morning! Here are the updated 7-day forecasts: The quiet pattern continues today with another nice, sunny day on tap for us all! Overall tomorrow trends the same way with high pressure overhead, however, in the video we did note that far northwestern and northern IL will be susceptible…
Video: http://youtu.be/7QVXyZZyvlY?hd=1 Weather headlines: Precipitation risks will increase from late Thursday through Friday as the upper-level ridge shifts southeast to Missouri, and allows a front to enter from the northwest. Here is a look at the set-up/rainfall potential through Friday afternoon. As the upper ridge continues to get shoved…
Good Wednesday morning! Here are the updated 7-day forecasts: Good Wednesday morning! Today starts a 3-4 day stretch of little to no weather noted across the region as high pressure takes hold of our pattern. Models have trended a little drier vs yesterday heading into late week/weekend, we've highlighted a…
Video: http://youtu.be/2zBbjIKhc88?hd=1 Forecast radar from 2pm to 10pm EDT shown below. Widely scattered storms will continue to progress southward this afternoon. I still think we can get few strong storms with a hail and wind threat. Especially across central IN to Ohio. Here is a look at the total rainfall…
Video: http://youtu.be/xQenyekAWFc?hd=1 Good Tuesday morning! Quiet morning across the region, but we are watching strong storms just north in southwest Minnesota which continue to dive southeast. We are increasing the risk of these storms to impact portions of northern Iowa as we go into late morning. These are starting…