…Major spring storm to bring numerous weather threats from the
Southern-Central Plains, northeast into the Mid Mississippi , Ohio Valley,
Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast…
…Severe weather likely late Monday afternoon/Monday night from the
Southern to Central Plains into the Mid Mississippi Valley…into the Ohio
Valley, Tennessee Valley and Southeast on Tuesday…
…Heavy Rains and Flash Flooding possible from the Mid Mississippi
Valley, into the Ohio Valley and Central Appalachians…
…Heavy Snows to develop Tuesday and continue through Wednesday across
much of Wisconsin, the U.P. of Michigan the northern portions of the L.P.
of Michigan…
…Much above average temperatures to continue across the South Tuesday,
cooling significantly on Wednesday…
…Elevated to Critical Fire Weather Threat for West and Southwest Texas…
A highly impactful, major Spring storm will produce numerous hazards over
the next few days as it strengthens over the Southern Plains Monday night
and pushes northeastward Tuesday across the Mid Mississippi Valley, Ohio
Valley and into the Lower Lakes, becoming nearly stationary over the Lower
Lakes on Wednesday. Severe weather likely to develop across portions of
the Southern to Central Plains late Monday afternoon/evening and spread
northeastward quickly across the Lower Missouri Valley, Mid Mississippi
Valley Monday night into early Tuesday. This severe weather threat will
then spread into portions of the Ohio Valley, Tennessee Valley and
Southeast on Tuesday. Large hail, high winds and tornadoes are all
possible with this severe weather over the next two days.
In addition to the severe weather threat, heavy rains and flash flooding
will also be possible late Monday into Tuesday from the Lower Missouri
Valley, across the Mid Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and into the
Central Appalachians. Flood watches currently stretch from central
Illinois, across large portions of Indiana, Ohio, northeast Kentucky, much
of West Virginia, far southwest Pennsylvania and far western Maryland.
As this storm deepens on Tuesday across the Mid Mississippi Valley/Lower
Lakes region, precipitation will change to snow on the northwest side of
the system from northern Illinois, across much of Wisconsin, the U.P. of
Michigan and the northern L.P. of Michigan. Early Spring heavy snowfall
totals of 4-8″+ possible across these areas, with regions from eastern
Wisconsin into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan having the greatest chances
of heavy snowfall. By late Wednesday afternoon another area of low
pressure is forecast to begin to deepen along the Mid-Atlantic coast.
Heavy snows are forecast to begin to develop late late Wednesday afternoon
and continue into Thursday to the north of this low across portions of
Upstate and Northern New York into much of central to northern New
England.
Much above average temperatures will continue across the South on Tuesday
ahead of a strong cold front forecast to be pushing eastward from the
Southern Plains Tuesday and into the Southeast by Wednesday. Record high
overnight low temperatures are possible ahead of this strong front Tuesday
morning from the Lower Mississippi Valley, Tennessee Valley, Southern
Appalachians and Southeast and again Wednesday morning across the
Southeast and most of Florida. In the wake of this front pushing eastward
across the South, much cooler temperatures are forecast across the South
on Wednesday and the Southeast by Thursday.
In the wake of the strong cold front moving eastward late Monday into
Monday night across the Southern Plains, windy conditions combined with
low relative humidities will support an enhanced to critical fire weather
threat. Red Flag warnings for these fire weather conditions are currently
in effect across portions of West and Southwest Texas for late this
afternoon into this evening.
Oravec
Graphics available at
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php