Watch this 16-day National Weather Service GFS model upper air (jet stream) forecast animation at the 500 mb. level (roughly 18,000 ft.) and the troughs which begin digging into the central and eastern U.S. in the 1-2 week range. While none is YET forecast to generate a storm system likely to DIRECTLY impact Chicago, this IS A PATTERN SHIFT which suggests deeper penetration of cold air surges into the eastern and central U.S. and a more favorable pattern for storm development. The morning GFS en

Ominous clouds were seen swirling over Houston on Monday as a tornado watch was in effect for more than a dozen southeastern Texas counties. The National Weather Service’s Houston office confirmed that at least one tornadic storm had moved over Houston and said that another “unconfirmed, potentially tornado storm” was detected over Austin. | CBS News

3.8K views · 5 comments | #FirstAlertWeather: The National Weather Service has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING effective until May 20 8:45PM EDT for the following counties: Roscommon, Gladwin, Missaukee. Get to shelter IMMEDIATELY if you are in the path of this storm, and get the latest information at wnem.com/weather/alerts. | WNEMTV5news | Facebook

8.5K views · 44 reactions | #FirstAlertWeather: The National Weather Service has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING effective until Jun 24 6:30PM EDT for the following counties: Genesee, Saginaw, Shiawassee. Get to shelter IMMEDIATELY if you are in the path of this storm, and get the latest information at wnem.com/weather/alerts. | WNEMTV5news | Facebook