Published: August 19,2016
After a break from severe weather, conditions are coming together to produce severe storms over parts of the Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes through the weekend. Although the tornado threat will be low, wind damage and large hail will likely be the main impacts.
Current Radar, Watches and Warnings
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Below is an outline of when and where severe thunderstorms may develop.
Severe Weather Forecast
Friday- Forecast: Thunderstorms – some severe – will become more numerous and widespread, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours from the Upper Midwest to the central Plains.
- Impacts: Damaging winds gusts and large hail are the main threats, though the chance of a tornado cannot be ruled out.
- Cities: Omaha, Nebraska | Des Moines, Iowa |Wichita, Kansas
Friday's Thunderstorm Forecast
- Forecast: The severe threat becomes a bit more spotty as the weather system weakens, but some thunderstorms remain possible, mainly from Michigan to Missouri and western Kentucky.
- Impacts: Widely scattered damaging wind gusts possible.
- Cities: Chicago | Indianapolis | Detroit
Saturday's Thunderstorm Forecast
Setup For Severe Weather
Late Week Surface Features Across The Central U.S.A trough of low pressure (dip in the jet stream) will move from the northern Rockies to the northern Plains as a ridge of high pressure aloft (bulge in the jet stream) weakens to the east.
Meanwhile, an area of low pressure and its associated cold front will develop at the surface, and they will slide slowly eastward through Saturday.
Most of this activity will occur from the Plains into the Midwest.
Late Week Jet Stream Forecast
The system will weaken on Saturday, but there could be widely scattered severe weather from the Great Lakes to parts of the Midwest.
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