Record high temperatures, blizzards that shut down major cities, and well above normal rainfall amounts in the Southeast have made for an impressive winter this year. MORECAST meteorologists take a look back at this winter season and recap the major weather events of the past few months.
The Easter Bunny is on his way to hide easter eggs full of candy and money this weekend. He is wondering what kind of weather he will have to encounter to hide the goodies. Aren’t you also curious what kind of weather conditions you will need to travel through to see friends and family? For all of you that have travel or who have other festive activities planned for this Easter, here’s your MORECAST outlook:
A strong low pressure system moving across the plains will bring a chance for severe thunderstorms for parts of the Southern Plains and Mississippi Valley starting late this afternoon and continuing into Thursday morning. MORECAST meteorologists believe areas in northeast Texas, eastern Oklahoma, northwest Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, far southern Iowa, and western Illinois have the chance to experience severe storms capable of producing damaging wind gusts. Thunderstorms that develop are expected to move generally from southwest to northeast, and areas east of a line from roughly from Kansas City through Joplin, MO, Fort Smith, AR, southwest to Dallas will likely see thunderstorms after the sun sets. So if you live in these areas, it will be important to have a way to monitor the weather overnight, since many of these storms will likely occur when many may be sleeping.
The primary threat from the storms will be destructive winds up to 70 mph. However, isolated embedded tornadoes will also be possible along with large hail.
Low pressure developing over the central U.S. will move into the upper Midwest Thursday. The track of the storm continues to become more clear, and MORECAST is predicting a significant snowfall for some communities from Iowa to Michigan.
