Author: Avery Hughes

COLORADO — An impactful storm system is growing in probability for Colorado from Monday through Wednesday, May 4 to 6, 2026. Heavy mountain snow, travel impacts, and possible power outages are expected along and east of the Continental Divide. A cold front Monday night and a western trough Tuesday will phase together late Tuesday into…

SOUTH TEXAS — A beneficial push of water is moving down the Atascosa River into the Frio and Nueces river systems following the recent heavy rainfall event that dropped 2 to 5 inches across South Texas. Current river flow data is showing dramatically above normal readings at key gauges along the Atascosa corridor, with the…

TEXAS — A significant pattern change is on the horizon for Texas as an upper level low approaching from the west is set to bring increasing storm chances heading into next weekend. A shortwave disturbance ahead of the main system will begin lifting rain chances as early as late Friday night, with conditions turning progressively…

SOUTH CENTRAL — Strong to severe storms are likely Tuesday evening, May 5, 2026, across a dangerous corridor stretching from north Texas through Arkansas and into the Memphis Tennessee area. The SPC Day 3 outlook updated at 4:03 AM ET on May 3 places the highest risk at Level 2 of 5, with a Level…

MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS — A low end severe weather chance is in play across eastern Missouri and western Illinois on Sunday evening, May 3, 2026, as a weak atmospheric wave kicks off some elevated storm development through the 6 PM to midnight window. The threat is not a major setup by any measure, but a…

SOUTH CENTRAL — Supercell thunderstorms carrying very large hail, damaging winds, and a couple of tornadoes are possible across a broad corridor stretching from Dallas, Texas through Memphis, Tennessee on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. The categorical outlook updated at 4:38 AM ET on May 3 places the highest risk inside a Slight Risk zone covering…

COLORADO — A significant cold front is set to blow through Colorado beginning Monday afternoon and continuing through Tuesday, bringing a dramatic shift from warm and breezy Sunday conditions to rain, mountain snow, and much colder temperatures. The front sweeps through Cheyenne Monday afternoon, Denver Monday evening, and southern Colorado Monday night, with north winds…

EASTERN US — The next round of rain and storms is on the way for the eastern United States, arriving late Wednesday into Thursday as an active spring pattern continues delivering moisture across the region. European model data is showing a significant and broad rain surge pushing northward across the eastern half of the country…

ARKANSAS — Tonight could be one of the biggest bird migration nights of the entire year across Arkansas and the south central United States, with Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s BirdCast forecast model predicting nearly 395 million birds in flight on the night of May 3, 2026. Upper level winds turning to the southwest are creating…

INDIANA — Severe weather probabilities are returning to central and northern Indiana on Monday, May 4, 2026, with the Storm Prediction Center highlighting a low end Marginal Risk across the region. The CSU learning model is painting a slightly more aggressive picture, placing a 15 percent severe weather probability corridor across the same general area…