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Severe Weather 2026

tomorrow could be interesting

IT IS WORTH NOTING, THAT SOME GUIDANCE
WHICH IS A BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH NORTHWESTWARD MOISTURE
TRANSPORT WOULD BE MORE SUPPORTIVE FOR A TORNADO THREAT ACROSS THE
REGION. HOWEVER, THIS APPEARS TO BE A MORE OUTLIER SOLUTION RATHER
THAN A LIKELY SOLUTION. THEREFORE, THE 2% TORNADO PROBABILITIES SEEM
APPROPRIATE.
 
This from Thursday: "Smells like MCS/MCC potential to me during the month of June across the Mid-South region."

Today from NWS Jackson
 

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And SPC just put Mid-South region in a Marginal Risk for Monday
 

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There is a #Tornado warning in SE Kansas right now, and that storm system looks like it is building on the back end as it moves into Missouri.
 
Sunday

Tomorrow is conditional for storms to initiate but areas of the Dakotas and E KS/W MO, maybe extending down into SW MO. I do believe with higher instability around SW MO, storm initiation is a good likelihood for isolated svr. Damaging winds and large hail will be the main threat with fairly meager 30-40 kt flow in the region. After 03z, when the main belt of flow arrives and into 06z-09z, isolated significant svr is possible in SW IA/W MO with a couple discrete, elevated storms capable of damaging winds and hail. Tornado threat is very nonzero tmrw.

MONDAY.

A localised belt of flow should shift its way SE, bringing with it 50+ kt of flow into the W TN area. For June, this is slightly anomalous. However, thankfully, this miniature shortwave trough and the amount of spatial area that 50+ kt area covers is low. Why do I say this? Well, with fairly large and expansive instability, this seems like a ripe significant damaging wind day for Dixie Alley, in particularly, the Memphis area. If you got a MCS in that bit of flow, you'd be talking quite the event.

While storms do develop in weaker belt of flow, 25-35 kts, the environment for damaging wind is impressive. Nearly 4k SBCAPE, and DCAPE approaching 1.4k. Even supercells in this environment may produce significant damaging winds upward to 70-85 mph, with downbursts being possible in NE AR. The question right now is do we grow upscale? I've noticed many events supposed to be a long line with significant swaths of damaging winds this year have all remained discrete and not utilised that potential. Even today to some extent in the Enhanced wasn't a full blown line. So right now, imo, a conditionally significant MCS event is on tap with this SE flow as it stands. Expecting Monday to be a slight/enhanced risk perhaps for damaging winds sometime soon, it certainly may be a big time day for damaging wind and not the swirly we usually see in the Mid South-Dixie.

TUESDAY

A trough will move into the northern Plains, bringing with it 50-60 kts of flow. But, storms will tend to stay out of this more robust shear aloft from SE Montana to the Canada border. Storm initiation seems decently likely in the NW South Dakota vicinity where weaker flow of 30-40 kts is expected. Regardless, severe convection with perhaps a all hazards threat may exist.

Apologies if this was a bit more broad in nature, I'll have a better discussion up tomorrow on these days as a result but it's nearly 4am here. Sleepy.
 
My thoughts on today remain the same. Storm initiation well after dark with isolated significant svr instances in KS/MO.

MONDAY

Now that one of my favourite CAMs has finally reached range, we've got a interesting scenario. A cell develops in S IL and gradually grows upscale into a mini MCS traveling SSE into N AL. The environment would be capable of significant damaging winds although far from the environment near Memphis. This MCS also mixes into with the 50+ kt belt of flow, so this is a likely scenario that one cell evolves into a main complex later on. Then, the second round near Memphis, at times seeing DCAPE of 1.6k, isolated supercells appear to develop. Even despite being discrete, such a potent environment for damaging wind will still favor downbursts of sorts, and maybe up to 85ish mph. The only limiting factor is that these cells don't seem to merge fully into a MCS, and that is holding back from that more widespread damaging wind event. Regardless, you have one complex develop in S IL, merge into a damaging wind threat as the shortwave trough intersects, and then your conditional wildcards near Memphis. I do think a significant day is on tap.

Tuesday

While a strong belt of 50+ kt flow intersects into Montana/North Dakota, storms will seem to avoid this shear, and still be severe but not as long lived. Ideal hazards seem to be damaging wind/large hail with latest models lowering low level shear. Mode will be fairly mixed, ranging from more linear uo north to more discrete down south in the 30-35 kt flow.

After this, there are no real areas of concern or high enough ensemble guidance for it to be seen as a notable threat. Thanks for reading my (shortish) discussion
 
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