2/16 - The Chief's "Severe Weather Potential" Thursday Afternoon Forecast
The threat for severe weather will be in the area this afternoon/evening with a cold front approaching from the west. Severe weather variables are not remarkable…
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2/16 - The Chief's "Unseasonably WARM" Thursday Morning Forecast
The old stalled cold front that retrograded west has primed the area with warmth and instability. But there is still a weak cap in the low levels…
2/15 - The Chief's "Warm & Humid" Wednesday Morning Forecast
The cold front that was moving toward the area yesterday slammed the brakes and stalled to the west. The next front will actually make it through…
2/14 - The Chief's WARM "Valentine's Day" Morning Forecast
A cold front moving toward the area today will do so at a rapid pace but will not only pump the brakes but will stand on them…
2/10 - The Chief's "SuperBowl LVII Weekend" Friday Afternoon Forecast
With moisture getting lifted over the colder air near a boundary to the east, we’ll likely be seeing precipitation pretty much all day today, but expect…
2/10 - The Chief's "Gray/Gloomy Pattern Continues" Friday Morning Forecast
On water vapor satellite imagery, a plume of moisture was noted from the Pacific Ocean south of Baja California northeastward across the local area. At the surface,…
2/9 - The Chief's "More Rain Ahead" Thursday Afternoon Forecast
With the cold front east of the area and the upper level support moving north-northeast, the front won’t make a lot more progress much further eastward…
2/9 - The Chief's "Wet Start" Friday-Eve Morning Forecast
The upper system is quickly lifting northeastward through Missouri toward the Great Lakes, with the next disturbance quickly on its heels moving through the northern Rockies. Line…
2/8 - The Chief's Wednesday Morning "Overnight Severe Weather Potential" Forecast
High pressure centered over Florida this morning, with an upper level disturbance to the west with an associated surface cold front. Light southeast winds continued…
2/7 - The Chief's "MUCH WARMER" Tuesday Morning Forecast
At the surface, high pressure was along the Atlantic Coast with an area of low pressure over western Ontario had a cold front to near Chicago, St. Louis,…
2/6 - The Chief's "Moisture/Warmer Temperatures Return" Monday Morning Forecast
A beautiful start to our workweek is expected with high pressure remaining in control over the area. Afternoon high temperatures will sit in the low to…
2/3 - The Chief's "Sunny & Often Windy" Friday Afternoon/Weekend Forecast
Sunny skies and windy conditions will prevail this afternoon, with clear and cold conditions overnight. The biggest concern for the weekend is going to be…
2/3 - The Chief's "Clearing Skies" Friday Morning Forecast
Today will bring clearing skies early this morning with windy conditions through today as high pressure settles in from the north. The biggest concern for the weekend…
2/2 - The Chief's "Showers/T-Storms Ahead" Thursday Afternoon Forecast
Areas of rain including a few t-storms will move in this afternoon as a low pressure and attendant cold front lifts NE. The low pressure will move…
2/2 - The Chief's "Big Changes Ahead" Thursday Morning Forecast
Finally seeing the models come into solid agreement on every variable and this has caused some sudden moderate changes in severe wx and rainfall risk levels…
2/1 - The Chief's "Cold Frontal Passage" Wednesday Morning Forecast
The front has made it to the coast and now just to the south of the area. Not a lot of changes from current thinking, more…
1/31 - The Chief's "Warm & Gloomy Pattern" Tuesday Afternoon Forecast
A weak cold front overhead will slowly move to the south as fast as molasses in winter. It will take from now until just before…
1/31 - The Chief's "WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG" Tuesday Morning Forecast
A stalled cold front is just inside the NW portion of the area this morning. The front will move SE as fast as molasses in winter. It…
1/27 - The Chief's "Heavy Rain Potential" Friday Afternoon Forecast
At the surface, high pressure was centered near the Sabine River. High pressure will slide eastward to the Carolina coast by Saturday evening. This will allow…
1/27 - The Chief's "Frigid Start" Friday Morning Forecast
There is SW’erly upper flow across the local area this morning with an area of high pressure along N’tern Mississippi. At the surface, high pressure was centered…
1/26 - The Chief's "Cold Start" Thursday Morning Forecast
A disturbance over the Great Lakes has multiple bit of energy rotating through it. Flow is currently zonal across the southern states, with one disturbance exiting through…
1/25 - The Chief's "Very Cold Conditions Ahead" Wednesday Afternoon Forecast
With strong cold air advection and cloud cover, temps will not warm and may actually drop off a few degrees this afternoon. Winds will also…
1/25 - The Chief's "Cloudy & VERY Windy" Wednesday Morning Forecast
As the cold front exits stage right, we will see temps begin to fall this morning into the 40s and 50s by mid-morning. With strong…
1/24 - The Chief's "Severe Potential Tonight" Tuesday Morning Forecast
A warm front will lift out of the gulf and move over the area around noon today. This front will allow some showers/t-storms to develop by…