Sunday Evening Update

A plume of moisture rich air has been fueling a line of thunderstorms that stretches northward along a front. The front is attached to a powerful mid-latitude cyclone that is passing through the states, north of our area. Quite a bit of jetstream energy has helped fuel the intensity of the storms.

We've had Severe Thunderstorm warnings in Delaware, Cherokee, Addair and Sequoyah counties in Oklahoma along with Carroll and Washington counties in Arkansas. The biggest threat with storms has been gusty winds, possibly in excess of 60 mph along with hail, possibly up to the size of golf balls. The line of showers and storms is continuing to lessen in intensity as it pushes to the south east. By the morning we may have some patchy fog in low lying places which should give way to a good bit of blue by the afternoon. After Tuesday / Wednesday, rain chances drop until the weekend. If some of the latest long-range data holds, next week could be CHILLY!

Posted by Ted Zarras at 11:55 PM