Author: Avery Hughes

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A dangerous and high-impact severe weather setup is locked and loaded across a large swath of the Midwest today, with the environment primed for big-time hailstorms and a significant tornado risk between 3 and 10 PM. Very large hail, damaging winds, and a couple of strong tornadoes are all on the table…

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The worst weather in the entire United States today is zeroing in on the Minneapolis metro area and the broader Upper Midwest, with a significant and well-defined severe weather outbreak placing the Twin Cities at the bull’s-eye of a Level 3 of 5 risk on the Storm Prediction Center’s Day 1 outlook….

TOLEDO, Ohio — Ohio is enjoying a relatively quiet start to the day, but forecasters are urging residents — especially those in the northwestern corner of the state — not to let the calm morning hours lower their guard. Severe weather is possible later today, with a stronger and more organized line of storms expected…

EASTERN UNITED STATES — The skies over the eastern half of the United States turned into one of the most extraordinary natural spectacles of the year last night, and most people slept right through it. The NEXRAD radar network — the same system used to track storms — detected more than 169 million birds in…

LOCAL AREA — Summer has apparently not gotten the memo that it is only mid-April. Monday is rolling in warm, humid, and mostly cloudy — a carbon copy feel of Sunday — with temperatures climbing from the low 60s in the morning all the way to the upper 70s by evening. Most of the day…

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Severe weather is roaring back into Oklahoma’s forecast in a major and prolonged way, with multiple rounds of dangerous storms threatening the state across five separate days — Monday, Tuesday, Tuesday night, Wednesday, and Friday. This is not a single-event severe weather outbreak but rather a relentless multi-day siege that will…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — There is some encouraging news on the horizon for drought-weary Alabama residents — both the GFS and European weather models are now in agreement that a cold front will deliver at least a chance of rain this weekend, offering a brief but welcome interruption to what has been a relentlessly hot and…

CHICAGO, Ill. — Sunday is kicking off what promises to be a long-lasting warm spell across the Chicago area, with temperatures surging toward 80°F by mid-afternoon as strong warm air advection pushes northward from the Gulf states. But the warmth comes with a catch — showers and thunderstorms are expected to approach from the southwest…

DALLAS, Texas — Meteorologists are eyeing a uniquely shaped severe weather risk zone sprawling across a massive stretch of Texas this Sunday, April 12, 2026 — one that has forecasters noting it bears a striking resemblance to a large duck head on the map. Jokes aside, the threat is real. A Slight Risk of severe…