REGIONAL — A much-needed and sustained wet pattern is taking shape with strong indications that rain chances will keep coming through this weekend and well into next week. Saturday carries an 80 percent rain chance, followed by a 60 percent storm chance next Thursday and a 50 percent storm chance next Sunday, creating multiple windows…
FLORIDA — New drought numbers released today, Thursday, April 30, 2026, show worsening conditions across Florida with drought coverage increasing across all severity categories compared to last week. Every single county in Florida is now under some level of drought designation, with 100 percent of the state covered by at least D1 through D4 drought…
CENTRAL AND WEST TEXAS — The next batch of rain is on the move across West Texas this Thursday morning, April 30, 2026, tracking east southeast and bringing moderate rainfall with lightning into Central Texas south of Interstate 20. Radar imagery captured at 8:45 AM shows two primary storm tracks pushing toward the Dallas and…
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — A complex of storms is expected to develop to the north and west this afternoon and push toward South Mississippi through the evening hours of Wednesday, April 29, 2026. If the storm complex holds together on its track southward, isolated damaging wind gusts and a quick spin-up tornado cannot be ruled out…
NORTH CAROLINA — The environment is becoming favorable for storms to redevelop across North Carolina this Wednesday afternoon, with a few capable of turning strong to severe between 3 PM and 9 PM today, April 29, 2026. Most areas will stay dry through the afternoon, but where storms do develop they could pack a significant…
INDIANA — A cold airmass has arrived and is here to stay across Indiana through the week, bringing high temperatures locked in the 50s and overnight lows dipping into the 30s and 40s for much of the state. The most significant concern with this pattern is the weekend frost risk, as forecast models are showing…
FLORIDA — A potentially drought-busting rainfall pattern is setting up across Florida over the next seven days, with the Weather Prediction Center’s 7-day rainfall accumulation map showing substantial precipitation totals across much of the state. Most of the significant rainfall is expected to arrive this weekend, offering a meaningful opportunity to reduce drought conditions that…
CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA — A conditional severe weather setup is in place across the Carolinas and Georgia this Wednesday afternoon, April 29, 2026, with the outcome heavily dependent on how much clearing occurs after this morning’s clouds and rain. If temperatures manage to jump into the 80s through the afternoon, the atmosphere could recover and…
GULF COAST AND SOUTHEAST — A lingering frontal boundary across the Gulf region is setting up a storm threat for the Gulf Coast and Southeast later this Friday into Saturday morning, May 1 into May 2, 2026. The SPC Day 3 categorical outlook issued April 29 places a Marginal Risk across a broad corridor from…
CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS — Severe storms are possible this afternoon and evening across central and west-central Texas into east Texas, with large hail as the headline threat and damaging winds and a tornado or two also on the table. The outlook map shows a core zone of several severe storms covering the Austin, Killeen,…