WeatherFanatics: Midweek Severe Storms to Rattle Minneapolis to NYC

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Midweek Severe Storms to Rattle Minneapolis to NYC

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist

June 17,2014; 8:56PM,EDT

Thunderstorms will fire from the northern Plains to the Northeast along the northern edge of a zone of building heat through the middle of the week.
The storms can bring frequent lightning strikes, hail, strong wind gusts and blinding downpours and also can cause disruptions to daily commutes, other travel and outdoor activities.
The setup of a north-south boundary of hot and cool air patterns in the past have allowed thunderstorms to form large complexes. Large storm clusters may continue to form at midweek. If this happens, then severe weather will occur on a more widespread regional basis.
Storms that organize into complexes can roll along during the overnight and morning hours, and can cover vast distances.

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During Wednesday, the potential for gusty thunderstorms and localized severe weather will reach over much of the same area but can extend as far to the east and south as Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and New York City.
On a couple of occasions into Wednesday evening, thunderstorms will roll across New England and neighboring Canada.
More storms will erupt over the High Plains late Wednesday.

If you can hear thunder you are at risk for being struck by lightning.

Because of the speed of many of the storms and the potential volatility of the weather pattern, people spending an extended period of time will need to keep an eye out for rapidly changing conditions.
Spotty storms can also pop up away from the rim of the heat within the hot and humid air mass. Most of these storms will only affect a small area.
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Most of the storms will occur during the afternoon and evening hours, but there will be some exceptions.
Late in the week, a push of cooler air from eastern Canada will shove storms farther to the south along the East coast, but the zone of storms will hold over the Plains.

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