Another Week, Another Storm!

It is getting close to spring in the Northern Hemesphere, and this week we will experience some spring weather Tuesday/Wednesday. A storm will track from Texas and right over us, pulling in a lot of tropical air. This will result in showers and thunderstorms breaking out from the Gulf Coast all the way up into New England. There could be an extended period of heavy rain here in Ohio, and we could see some flooding problems as the ground is already saturated. There is also a severe side to this system. I think it will be confined to the south, because that is where the most instability will be. This could be another tornado outbreak because there will be a strong jet stream and a lot of shear interacting with the instability in the south. Here in Ohio, there will be much less of a severe threat but there will still be some vigerous winds aloft so we could see some gusty thunderstorms especially if we get a break in the rain and the sun comes out. As of now it appears there will not be a major snowstorm with this even on the northern frindges because there will be a lot of warm air in place, thus the threat for heavy rain and flooding. We will have some lake effect behind this storm on Thursday, but not more than 1-4" in the Snow Belt as there will not be extremely cold air in place. Stay tuned as we could see some major flooding problems.