Lack of heating may limit severe thunderstorm riskPosted Apr26, 2007 at 11:20 AMTemperatures are hanging around 60 this morning and the sky is full of clouds. Limited ability for the sun to heat the air near the surface could cut down on our severe weather risk today, favoring locations farther south and also to the west in the Ohio Valley. The wind shear aloft -- winds changing direction and speed with height -- is definitely there to boost the severe risk if anything does bubble up this afternoon. Gusty winds are the biggest threat, with some chance of hail. Tornadoes are unlikely, probably confined to the Ohio Valley with an isolated tornado possible in North Carolina. Latest severe weather risk map from Storm Prediction Center. |
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Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States." .....Advertisement.....
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