Thunderstorms Firing

We've got a springtime clash of the air masses happening right now. For most of the day the atmosphere was "capped"; a layer of warm air sat aloft and inhibited rising motion and convection. This "cap" is breaking! A thin line of shower activity along with some Strong to severe thunderstorms are developing. Storm motion is to the ESE at some 15 to 20 mph.

Note how there has been a collection of moisture along the boundary. This feature has been building over the past several hours.

-Talk about a "thin" line! These storms likely are rather picturesque with basically no other clouds around in the vicinity of the action. We'll be monitoring developments closely. The main threat with this late-day activity will be hail and damaging winds.

Posted by Ted Zarras at 3:23 PM