Preview of Late Week Severe Storms

For now this is just a brief preview, but later this week, Thursday-Sunday there could be a major severe weather outbreak, with tornadoes being a threat. I posted the GFS forecast for Thursday evening, showing some activity in the Planes. I also posted the SPC outlooks for this time period, and large areas are outlined, especially for Friday-Saturday. Now, what the setup is going to be: Late Thursday, a low pressure will develop in the southern Planes, and move NE towards the southern Great Lakes by later Friday, then through New England on Saturday. Now, there will be plenty of instability south of the low, and there will be high amounts of wind shear in the warm sector as the low tracks NE. This could spark severe weather all along the track of this low. I will have more details on this over the next couple days, as if this pans out we could see another significant severe weather outbreak.

FYI: I will not be able to update this blog until about 4PM on Wednesday. But I will go into more detail about the late week severe weather outbreak, update the forecasts for Thursday, and cover any more breaking weather news. Still feel free to read the posts below for forecasts for Wednesday, a brief look at the late week severe weather outbreak, and info on the weekend tornadoes. The Parkersburg tornado was rated an EF5 (see that post below).