In the wake of those storms the skies are being to partially clear as copious amounts of moisture continue to stream in from the Gulf. Simply put, the more sunshine we see later this morning and early afternoon, the greater our storm potential as a cold front sweeps across Iowa. If sunshine is able to break out it would increase the amount of potential energy the storms would have to work with. As of right now the greatest threat would mainly be damaging winds, although hail and even an isolated tornado (especially to the north) can't be ruled out. If storms were to form I would expect them to form across sections of Minnesota and Iowa early this afternoon and shift northeast late this afternoon and evening.
We likely won't see an outbreak of severe weather like folks did yesterday because the upper level support will remain off to the west and northwest of the Stateline. Our storm threat would come from the approaching cold front and any potential energy that is able to build later this afternoon.
I wonder if we can expect any storm watches issued for the Rockford area; Tornado or otherwise?
ReplyDeleteIt's possible that there could be a thunderstorm watch issued later today. Stay tuned
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