3/7 – Jeff’s “Severe Weather Potential” Thursday Night Forecast

Expect increasing clouds and a mild start temperatures-wise for your Friday. While it will be rain-free at the start of the day, rain chances begin as soon as around 10 AM – Noon. The big focus becomes the potential for severe weather through portions of Friday into early Saturday. A dynamic storm system will be moving through the region tomorrow into the weekend. Given how warm and humid it is and will continue to be, the setup could be ripe for inclement weather. Rain chances begin as soon as mid-morning Friday with the best chances of thunderstorms in two windows of time being the afternoon and wee hours of Saturday morning.

The severe weather threat, and rain chances will be in two rounds. From 12 PM – 8 PM, discrete pop-up cells will be in the area. This activity has the potential to bring strong wind gusts, small hail, and the ingredients are there for rotating thunderstorms capable of isolated spin-up tornadoes. There will also be brief heavy downpours at times. A lull in activity will take place from sometime Friday evening ahead of round two of activity. A broken line segment could form along/ahead of the cold front and move through the area between Midnight and 6 AM Saturday. The cold front brings improving conditions, and cooler temperatures for the weekend.