The holiday weekend promises to be a wet one from the Plains
into the Midwest courtesy of a storm system that will be exiting the Rockies
within the next day or so unleashing what can at times become a severe weather
outbreak that will halt all outdoor plans and events.
Come Sunday, this system is expected to move into the
central portion of the country extending from Nebraska into North Dakota and
portions of Minnesota bringing with it all that severe weather storms have to
offer from the tornadoes down to the damaging winds, large hail and frequent lightning.
However, by Sunday evening, the area of concern will grow larger as the storm
system shifts farther east and south extending from Kansas into Wisconsin.
As Labor Day approaches, the severity of the system is
anticipated to diminish bringing only locally heavy and gusty thunderstorms from
central Missouri into parts of Illinois, Michigan and Indiana.
Tropics:
Although far from land, the National Hurricane Center
continues to issue advisories for Hurricane Cristobal as it spins over the
northern Atlantic Ocean with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. The only
hazards this system poses is that of life threatening surf and rip currents
along the eastern coast of the US from the Mid Atlantic into New England which
should begin to diminish by the end of the weekend.
Another system that is being closely monitored is a
disturbance located in the east-central Caribbean Sea that is associated with a
tropical wave that is producing disorganized thunderstorms in that region.
Upper level winds are expected to hinder development during the next couple of
days, however, as the system reaches the northwestern Caribbean Sea over the
weekend, it is forecast to encounter healthy environmental conditions that
may fuel further development.
Jen Gonzalez
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