6-12-18 Central Plains Forecast: Watching Kansas for a few severe storms tonight….turning very hot late week through the weekend! N.

6-12-18 Central Plains Forecast: Watching Kansas for a few severe storms tonight….turning very hot late week through the weekend! N.

Video: http://youtu.be/Ae6E0E_-dbw?hd=1 Watching for scattered storms to develop later today and a continuing threat overnight across the southern half of Kansas. Threat of a few strong to severe storms later today through tonight across southern Kansas.  Total rainfall through Wednesday: Scattered areas of 1-2" rainfall expected over the next 24…
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6-11-18 Central Plains PM Update: Severe threat this evening for portions of the region….excessive heat settles in late week! N.

6-11-18 Central Plains PM Update: Severe threat this evening for portions of the region….excessive heat settles in late week! N.

Video: http://youtu.be/FhMWjcBP7_k?hd=1 Updated severe threat.  The colors you see overlayed in the background are the instability values.  The higher the instability (where the trigger for storms is present (today it's a cold front) the greater your risk of strong/severe storms.   Forecast radar from 4pm CDT this afternoon to 6am CDT Tuesday: Forecast rainfall…
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6-8-18 Northern Plains Evening Update: Latest thoughts on storm movement this evening + rain chances for the weekend. B.

6-8-18 Northern Plains Evening Update: Latest thoughts on storm movement this evening + rain chances for the weekend. B.

***Initial post did not include rainfall totals... not much change to thoughts from this morning over the next few days and next 24 hours... but rainfall risks are increasing in Eastern and Southeastern Minnesota as energy lingers into tomorrow***  This afternoon's video:  http://youtu.be/zVjOb787mGE?hd=1 We're starting to see a couple scattered…
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6-8-18 Central Plains PM Update: Eyeing additional storm risks mainly for north & east portions of the region through the weekend. N.

6-8-18 Central Plains PM Update: Eyeing additional storm risks mainly for north & east portions of the region through the weekend. N.

Video: http://youtu.be/NmqS538ApaM?hd=1 Overall no big changes from this morning, but wanted to hone in timing and areas of highest storm risks going through the weekend.  Here is the latest rainfall forecast through tomorrow evening.  You can see the greatest focus is across northern and eastern Iowa with scattered pockets of…
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