NEW INFORMATION JUST IN!!!
The storm prediction center has upgraded an area of slight risk to moderate across southwest Missouri, northwest Arkansas, northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas. Early showers and perhaps a few elevated thunderstorms will impact the Ozarks, however, those are not expected to be severe. The storms to watch are the ones that develop across Kansas and Oklahoma during the afternoon hours. Those storms will likely be isolated in nature and will have the capability of producing tornadoes (some significant), large hail up to the size of golf balls and damaging wind gusts in excess of 70 mph. They are expected to lift into southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas towards the evening hours. As they continue to track into southern Missouri and points north and eastward at night they could still produce damaging winds and hail and that's why there is a slight risk for severe storms across the entire viewing area.
Keep checking in for further updates throughout the day! If you have any questions or concerns or input feel free to comment below.
Keep checking in for further updates throughout the day! If you have any questions or concerns or input feel free to comment below.
The past severe weather threats fizzled because instability wasn't high enough, right?
ReplyDeleteSo why is instability so high today if it's expected to be mostly cloudy all day and the temperatures aren't expected to warm past the mid-60s?
Eric,
ReplyDeleteIt's an evolving process...the warm and unstable sector will is forecast to develop east of the dryline and west of this morning's cloud deck and then spread northeast. A deepening low and its related jet can alter a situation quickly.