Winds to 76 mph, 1″ hail and rainfall to near 5″ within 12 hours











Winds to 76 mph, 1″ hail and rainfall to near 5″ within 12 hours

















The Southern Great Lakes several tornadoes (2 EF-2), more than a dozen reports of hail larger than 2″, damaging winds, and locally heavy rainfall during the evening of Tuesday May 7th, 2024.


























The current cool weather pattern has recently developed over the central and norther Plains. That cold air is expected to spread east over the next week. Frost and freezing temperatures are possible in northern and central sections over the next 7 days. Than, a warmer and wetter weather pattern is expected over most of the eastern and central CONUS.







(Severe reports were mostly large hail near Lansing)















One to two inches of rain fell over a good part of Lower Michigan during this time. A rapidly deepening surface low tracked north across Lake Huron Friday, April 12, 2024 deepening below 980MB by late in the morning. This resulted in winds gusting to 40 to 60 mph across most of the area.






















South of Michigan there is an enhanced risk for severe thunderstorms, including tornadoes over Ohio, western Pennsylvanian, West Virginia, and Kentucky.





















I waited for the evening HREF to come in so I could use the very latest model data for this forecast. Based on the HREF , NAM 12k m, NAM 3Km and the HRRR, it seems likely there will be high clouds over the Eclipse track from Indiana into Ohio. Being high clouds, more than likely you’d see some of the Eclipse. The best viewing still seems to be in over New Hampshire and Maine.












