Good Sunday and Happy Mother’s Day. As our celebrate all the moms out there, it’s only appropriate that Mother Nature tries to steal the show. We are tracking the potential for strong to severe storms across much of the region. This will be followed by a much cooler week ahead.
Let’s start things out with a look at the Severe Weather Outlook from the Storm Prediction Center…
Damaging winds and large hail are the main threats. There’s a local tornado threat, especially across the west.
With or without thunderstorms, winds are going to be a major player today. Widespread gusts of 40mph or greater may show up, so keep that in mind.
Temps behind all this are crazy cool for next week and could offer up another frost threat or two. Every single day will feature highs well below normal with the next chance for a shower coming later in the week.
The models are trying to warm things up by next weekend, but it’s looking more and more like a struggle. Notice how the EURO keeps that milder air arms length while bringing in another cool blast early the following week…
The late Sunday run of the GFS backed that up and took it to another level through the rest of the run…
That goes through May 24th. 🤬
The GFS Ensembles 7 day temperature departure ending at the same time have a warmer look…
So does the EURO ENSEMBLES…
I’d lock either one of those in right now if I could. Unfortunately, it’s becoming a bad idea to bet against the cold this spring.
I have you all set to track storms across our region. Don’t forget to use our exclusive interactive radar. You can even make this a separate full screen window…
Current watches
Possible Watch Areas
Have a great day and take care.
It’s been a November-like downpour for hours here in the SW Suburbs of Chicago – a continuous, cold, heavy rain with temps only in the upper 30s. The rain is really needed to alleviate our drought conditions, but the cutoff line between heavy rain and just scattered rain is pretty sharp. Through midnight, Chicago’s O’Hare Airport has received just .23 inches of rain, while the NWS Forecast Office in Romeoville in the SW Suburbs has received .78 inches.
We still have several hours of heavy rain left, according to radar.
Gloomy and Fall like here too. I would bet the bank that our Summer weather will extend well into December.
In the meantime I hope the severe weather stays a no show.
A typical spring for Kentucky is freezing temps followed by 2 weeks of mild spring like weather…..followed blistering humidity and heat. This year we are blessed with an extended spring. Much like east coast weather. Cause for Joy.