Author: Avery Hughes

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…

SOUTH CAROLINA — A large area of light to moderate rain is spreading across South Carolina as of the 9:15 AM radar update on Saturday, May 2, 2026, with coverage expected to expand significantly over the next hour. Radar is showing the most intense returns concentrated across the Florence, Sumter, Manning, Moncks Corner, and Georgetown…

MIDWEST — Isolated severe storms are possible across a broad swath of the Midwest on Sunday, May 3, 2026, with Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield Illinois all sitting inside a Marginal Risk categorical outlook zone. A couple of supercells carrying large hail and damaging winds represent the primary hazards for the day. Tornado risk…

MID-ATLANTIC — A slight jog in the low pressure track is creating a dramatic and sharp precipitation cutoff across the Mid-Atlantic region on Saturday, May 2, 2026, with some areas directly under the track picking up well over an inch of rain while counties just a couple of miles north receive hardly anything. Forecast modeling…

ARKANSAS — Severe weather chances are returning to Arkansas on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, with most of the state falling inside the severe outlook zone for large hail, damaging winds, and a tornado threat if conditions align correctly. Tuesday is identified as the most concerning day of the event, though hazards could linger into Wednesday…

SOUTHERN PLAINS — Severe weather is returning to the Southern Plains next week after a quiet weekend and Monday break, with a dangerous and highly sheared environment setting up ahead of a dryline and cold front. Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas face the primary severe weather risk on Tuesday, May 5, with the threat then shifting…

CAROLINAS — An overnight shift in the low pressure track has pushed the heaviest rain further south than originally expected, leaving most of the Upstate and western Carolinas with only drizzle and spotty showers through midday Saturday. The top edge of the rain line has dropped to the southern Upstate rather than I-85, creating a…