ACTIVE, ACTIVE, ACTIVE…

Saturday’s set up is still on track and developments are being monitored closely. This will likely be a very long day in the weather center and out in the field. Dynamics with this storm still look most impressive and at this point if we destabilize with long breaks of sun late morning and into the early afternoon, we could really see some big thunderstorms. As we’ve been mentioning in our weathercasts a tornado threat may develop too. Review your family’s safe plan and as I recently told a group of scouts that toured the 4029 weather center, remember the scout motto… “Be prepared”!

Taking a peak into quasi-fantasy land, some seven-eight days out, low and behold there’s another storm! We’ve talked about how our long wave pattern is very active right now and how this translates to weather systems passing through about every four days or so. Well, things do not look like they’re slowing down! This could prove to be a very active spring indeed.

Positioning and timing will be key as to the severity in our area for this coming weekend as will be the case for yet another impressive set-up by the middle of next week. As this weekend’s storm is sampled by more and more land originated data sources in the days to come, the forecast will become fine-tuned.

Keep it tuned to 40/29! We’ll keep you advised on-air and on the web!

Posted by Ted Zarras at 8:08 PM