The tornado outbreaks that have devastated areas from Louisiana through Virginia over the past few weeks might suggest the onset of a busy 2016 tornado season. However, MORECAST meteorologists are focusing on unusually warm waters lingering over the equatorial Pacific that could actually serve to dampen severe activity in “Tornado Alley”.
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The powerful storm responsible for damaging tornadoes in the Deep South on Tuesday has moved northeast with severe storms being seen from the central Carolinas into Virginia and Maryland. The most widespread threat will be destructive winds of 60-75 mph, but tornadoes and large hail will continue as well.
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Strong to severe storms will continue to build over parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, racing eastward through the evening across the Gulf Coast with tornadoes, high winds, and large hail possible.
After a much wetter-than-normal January across most of the West, especially from northern California up into the Pacific Northwest, a strong, stagnant ridge of high pressure has dominated early February weather, resurrecting the threat of drought. This dry heat is spreading east, bringing an extreme fire danger to parts of the High Plains.
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