Sunshine and calm conditions Thursday, severe storms return Friday

 

Not only was it an active day across the state line with severe weather but this whole week we've certainly experienced our fair share of severe weather! Although our chances for severe weather were not as high as Tuesday, we still seen our fair share of reports. The most prominent of these reports being multiple funnel clouds from multiple storms as a few were able to weakly rotate, thankfully though none of these reached the ground.

As we turn the page to today this will be the first time in almost 4 days that we won't be under any sort of threat for severe weather! Not only that but it'll be a gorgeous day overall with temperatures in the upper 60's and low 70's with sunshine peeking out later this afternoon.

We are right in the heart of spring after all, so you know dry days don't come around too much this time of year. Unfortunately, tomorrow the chances of storms as well as severe storms will return tomorrow as our next system approaches. As of now, the Storm Prediction Center has outlined areas west of I-39 in an Enhanced (Level 3/5) risk with areas east under as Slight (Level 2/5) risk for the possibility of severe thunderstorms. Very similarly to Tuesday, thunderstorms are expected to our west in Iowa and will move through the state line into the late afternoon and early evening.

As of now, chances for storms may move in slightly earlier than Tuesday closer to 3-7 p.m. We'll have to watch how storms evolve over time as depending on how clustered they become it will affect our overall severe threat. As of now, damaging winds and large hail look to be our main threats, however an isolated tornado or two cannot be ruled out as well.