Our next blast of hot weather is coming for next week. A ridge of high pressure aloft will sit over the southern United States allowing temperatures to soar into the 90s with even higher heat index values.

Effective as of August 2nd, 2021 the National Weather Service is changing how they convey the impacts and differences within severe thunderstorms to the public. Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms both can be life-threatening -- however, like tornadoes, severe storms are all different. NOT ev…

Strong to severe storms are expected for Mother's Day. Make sure to have multiple ways to receive & hear warnings, including your WPSD Radar app and your NOAA weather radio. If you typically silence your phone or put it in "do not disturb" mode, maybe skip that so any alerts will be audible.

Severe weather is possible Wednesday in the Local 6 area. Heavy rain, flash flooding, lightning, hail, and a few tornadoes are all threats. Greatest area of concern will be in NW TN, SE MO, and far W KY.

Be prepared and stay tuned for updates.

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Accumulating snow possible for parts of the area tonight, along with slick spots as bitter cold air moves in. 

Easily one of the most extreme outbreaks of cold and snow ever in the 20th century was between January 18th and 22nd of 1985. Bitter cold hit every state east of the Rockies with actual air temperatures as low as -37°F in northern Minnesota and 19°F in Orlando, Florida!

The year unlike any other has finally come to an end. There was no shortage of active or notable weather in the Local 6 area, as 2020 officially ended what will be the warmest decade in history from 2011-2020.

After the hottest decade on record from 2010-2020, the warming temperature trend is continuing to rapidly accelerate through 2020. Remember that the climate has always changed and always will. The facts and science of the matter are that this particular period of Earth's history is warming a…

Very active winter with big swings in weather in short periods of time.

Not since the mid 1940s has a full Moon coincided on Halloween. For perspective, this was the year the United States and allied troops invaded at Normandy. Gas was $0.15 a gallon, and a new home was averaging about $3,450.

October 2020 presents Mars at its brightest in our sky until September 2035!

A new study is showing that warmer weather patterns are leading to higher mosquito counts and a longer mosquito season in the Local 6 area. This is directly correlated to temperature trends, as summers have been having more and longer bouts of hot weather than ever before in recorded history.

Historically the peak of hurricane season is later August, September, and October. Most years, the "I" named storm in the Atlantic Ocean basin does not happen until after Labor Day.

Relief will be heading to some Local 6 counties after wind damage back in May.

Calling sky watchers! Another interesting astronomical phenomena has been discovered and already reported visible in our early morning and night skies. The newly found comet "NEOWISE" will be visible for up to a few more days wit the naked eye, and is the first visible comet of 2020.

June 18th has become a day where atmospheric scientists around the world unite to show the public the effects of climate change without complex formulas or equations. The idea of this movement of communicating "the stripes" came from Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist at the University of Reddi…

The Atlantic hurricane season has officially gotten off to the fastest start in recorded history. This is the earliest known occurrence of the "C" named storm since the National Hurricane Center began naming tropical systems. After dumping copious rains on the order of several feet in the Me…

Severe weather in the United States was very quiet relative to what is average for the month of May. Everything that the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma issues -- tornado watches, official severe risk outlooks, reports of high winds/hail/tornadoes were all collectively near or at…

Today marks the official start of another hurricane season which runs from June 1st through November 30th. The 2020 season has already gotten off to a fast start, much more active than what is historically average this early in the season. There have been already 2 named storms in the Atlant…

Human spaceflight will originate entirely from American soil for the first time in nearly 10 years Wednesday afternoon. It has the potential to be a historic day for not just science, but our country and the future of mankind's adventure into the world beyond ours.

Highly anomalous and potentially historic weather pattern is coming for Mother's Day weekend. A large portion of the United States will be dealing with record challenging cold, and even snow in the Northeast. Parts of interior New England could see an extremely unusual snowstorm to kick off …

If you've already planted flowers or vegetables, make sure you either cover them over or take them inside, if possible for tonight. We're expecting a hard freeze for all by daybreak Wednesday morning. Typically, the last freeze (sub 32° temperature at night) is April 6th in the Local 6 area.

COVID-19 is having a major impact on the quality of weather forecasts.

A hard rain's gonna fall Wednesday!

A very popular question we have been asked in the weather department lately has been "where is the snow at?" So far doing this winter season, we have certainly had an unorthodox stretch of weather dating back from the end of 2019. In this blog we will go through some of the reasons behind th…

Big swing in weather is expected Saturday -- or just another January day in the Local 6 area. A deepening area of low pressure tracking through the upper Plains will drag a potent cold front through the area Saturday morning. Winds will be out of the south ahead of the front, then quickly ch…

Plenty of changeable and active weather conditions are on the way in the next 7 days. That starts with another rainstorm for Thursday. As a cold front moves across the area during the morning, moderate to at times heavy rainfall will occur through lunchtime. "High" temperatures Thursday will…

October 2019: A month that will go down as one containing all four seasons of weather. Remember the 96° high on October 2nd? That was the hottest October monthly temperature in recorded history since the 1930s. Now to close out the month on the 31st, we are tracking potentially a record cold…

As we head deeper into fall, do not discount the threat and risk posed from severe weather and tornadoes. Despite the temperature getting lower, the historical threat for tornadoes rises. Our secondary peak in severe weather typically arrives for October and November. Unlike the early spring…

Hurricane Dorian is a very dangerous storm that poses a high threat to the southeast coastline of the United States early next week.