A strong storm system will bring another round of severe weather to the Plains states, the Gulf Coast region and the Midwest from Tuesday afternoon through Thursday.  Much like last week, all the ingredients appear to be in place for widespread severe weather; however there are still some issues that could reduce the overall severe threat.  Last week a strong cold front made much faster progress across the Southern Plains, which acted to limit the severe threat and stabilize the atmosphere.  The result was temperature drops of some 30 degrees in as little as a few hours.  While this upcomi...

Powerful cold front and low pressure system moving across the Central United States today has been projected to produce a moderate risk of severe weather for the Southern Plains for the last few days. However, the strong cold almost arctic air behind this system is beginning to speed up the movement of this system and is beginning to greatly diminish the chance of severe weather but increase the chance of freezing rain and ice for parts of the Southern Plains for tonight going into Wednesday morning. Temperatures behind the front are dropping rapidly with temperatures falling between 15 to 25...

Severe storms with very large hail, strong/damaging winds and a few tornadoes are expected this afternoon and evening across portions of the Southern Plains.  Strong low pressure has tracked in to the Western United States.  Ahead of this low, rich moisture is being drawn northward from the Gulf of Mexico.  This moisture, along with convergence along a sharp dryline will allow for severe thunderstorm development this afternoon and evening. One factor that will come in to play is the strength of the cap, or warm air above the surface that acts to inhibit thunderstorm development.  In ord...

A low pressure system moving through the Norther Great Lakes will help to create wet conditions through much of the eastern half of the U.S.  Showers and thunderstorms should be anticipated through portions of the Southeast in Florida, Georgia and Alabama into the Tennessee River Valley Region.  Farther north, rain showers are expected from the Tennessee River Valley Region northward into Pennsylvania and New York.  A winter mix of rain and snow will be possible into the Great Lakes with snow expected in Northern Michigan along the Canadian border.  Up to 6 inches could be possible through...

Back in late December we posted a blog about the lack of snow cover for the United States.  Its no secret that much of the United States east of the Rockies has experienced colder than normal temperatures recently, and Spring 2013 has been quite the polar opposite of Spring 2012 in terms of temperatures and severe weather.  For comparison's sake, below are the snow cover maps, courtesy of the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov) that show how little snow cover was present one year ago today. Much of the snow cover on the map valid today is tha...

Light snow will continue to affect portions of the Great Lakes and Northeast today, and a weak low pressure trough to the west will bring scattered rain and snow showers to portions of the Great Basin Region. Enjoy!    ...

A winter storm continues across the Midwest and Ohio Valley tonight and is expected to continue to produce moderate to heavy snow through Monday evening before exiting the Atlantic coast. Here's the latest:...

The latest WeatherOps briefing has been published and is accessible below.  The main focus is a strong springtime snow storm that will affect the Midwest....

Good Evening, Here's a quick update on an ongoing winter storm progressing across the country, which is expected to impact portions of the Central U.S. and Midwest regions with significant snow through Sunday night into Monday....

Happy Thursday Morning Everyone, Check out the latest WeatherOps Outlook to see what you can expect for your part of the country today....