First Alert Weather: Severe storms possible on Tuesday and Wednesday
Due to the threat of severe storms, the First Alert Weather team has issued weather alerts for Tuesday and Wednesday.
The setup for each day is different. Tuesday's threat is more conditional, meaning if several ingredients come together in the right way, severe storms could form.
A warm front will be lifting north through the region and if storms can develop along that frontal boundary and strengthen enough to overcome a cap, strong storms will be possible with large hail and damaging winds being the main threat.
By Wednesday, the cold front associated with the parent system that brought us the warm front will work through the region. This will bring a wider coverage of strong to severe storms, with large hail and damaging winds being the main threat. However, there will be a low tornado threat Wednesday, as well.
As we get closer to midday Tuesday, a few storms will start to pop up. The cap should be in place at this point, though likely weakening. If the front can move north far enough throughout the day to weaken the cap, we could see isolated storms late on Tuesday afternoon and evening. Those storms could produce large hail and damaging winds.
There's a question about whether there could still be some activity overnight into early Wednesday morning, but it's more likely that as a cold front works its way through the region Wednesday afternoon we'll see storms develop along that boundary. These would produce damaging winds, hail, and even an isolated tornado.
The front should be out of our area by Thursday, but we'll have to watch another system late Friday into Saturday. The way things look Monday night, I'd be prepared for a chilly Saturday afternoon with highs in the 50s.
