Author name: Garrett Lewis

To keep this brief and hit the main highlights… here’s what’s happening today: Morning storms may be severe with both wind and hail the primary threat. Afternoon storms that develop around 3/4pm will pose a higher end severe risk and tornado threat. This is the dark red shading you see on the map. The severe […]

☔️ While a severe weather risk exists for the next several days, the big story is going to be heavy rain. Seems like we get all this stuff at once doesn’t it? Flash flooding will be an issue with repeated rounds of rain over the next few days. I know the tornado/storms threat has been

The highest risk for severe weather on Wednesday will be along the Mississippi River Valley; especially the Memphis and Jonesboro area. Storms will be ongoing in the western part of Arkansas early in the day before moving east and intensifying in an increasingly unstable airmass with strong directional and vertical shear with supercells common across

Somewhat chilly today with highs in the 60s. As the warmth returns this week, so will the instability and risk of severe weather. First timeframe to watch is Tuesday night into Wednesday for strong storms. 💧Forecast this morning increases rainfall totals for the next week. The heaviest will be late week into the weekend and

What’s next… ➡️ Simulated radar shows Friday at 11am; scattered showers will be roaming about. No severe weather risk. ➡️ Late Saturday into Sunday. The yellow color Saturday shows the favored location for severe weather in Kansas and Oklahoma ➡️⚠️ Sunday is the day to watch. March systems have a tendency to move faster than

☀️ Surface chart today has the warm front lifting across Missouri. South winds push temps into the 80s to near 90°. Unusually hot for this time of year! Second chart shows the front on Sunday. This is the bigger weather maker. We’ll have some showers roaming on Friday and even a few thunderstorms overnight Saturday

We’ll need to keep an eye on this upcoming weekend. We’ll have a chance for storms both Friday night and Saturday night. There will be some rain out there early on Wednesday but it’ll be sub severe. Severe chances are better over the weekend -Garrett

👍🏻 More sunshine than rain this weekend but still lots of wind. ⚡️The severe weather risk is lowest in northwestern Arkansas and higher in southeast Arkansas. Shouldn’t be a big deal for the Ozarks. ➡️ Saturday: Windy with highs in the low 70s. Clouds increase late with rain possible late evening into Sunday morning. ➡️

🙃 Strong cold front this evening! ❄️ After being nearly 80° the last few days, rain will mix with snow across the Ozarks late Wednesday with lows in the mid 30s. (Because: Why not?) It won’t be a big deal other than chatter at work about how confused the weather gets around here this time

In the short term, we’ll have a windy & warm Tuesday ahead of the next front set to arrive tomorrow. Today, the south wind will be gusty and upwards of 40mph with a high brush fire danger and mostly sunny skies and highs into the 70s. A cold front arrives tonight into Wednesday and temperatures