For over a decade, the "Marginal to High" risk scale has been the gold standard for severe weather preparedness, but a new addition to the Storm Prediction Center's outlook marks the most significant

The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is rolling out an update to their Convective Outlooks this year. Convective Outlooks are issued daily by the SPC, and if there

(WIFR) - For the first time since 2014, the Storm Prediction Center changes how it will warn people about severe weather threats. WIFR Chief Meteorologist Kira Miner breaks down the changes as part of a series of special Shelter from the Storm episodes airing each day during Severe Weather Preparedness Week.

The Storm Prediction Center has officially rolled out its new way of communicating intensity regarding tornado, damaging wind, and hail outlooks. Currently, the center issues outlooks on a scale from Marginal (1),

With Thanksgiving now a week away, those traveling by road, rail and air are preparing for their trip to Grandma's house (and elsewhere) and back. AccuWeather meteorologists warn that those well-laid plans could be upended or a slow-go due to storminess in ...

A pretty strong cold front will push through the area Thursday morning. That will bring some steady moderate rain to our area on Thursday. Temperatures will only be in the 50s, but the average high temperature for this time of year is also in the 50s, so this is actually closer to normal.

Snow is ending from west to east as the first of three wintry systems wraps up. Temperatures are holding near the freezing mark with breezy north winds sustained around 10-25 MPH. Wind chills are as low as the teens for many.

A late weekend nor'easter is in the forecast for the East Coast, but specific details on its location, strength, and precipitation type all remain uncertain as of Wednesday Feb. 18. "An East Coast storm could develop as soon as Sunday [Feb. 22], but the ...

Today will be the warmest day of the week in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Storm Team4 tracks rain chances and shares when temperatures get cooler again.

Clouds will increase regionwide this evening ahead of a bout of wintry precipitation. A decent low pressure system will pass to our south, bringing the potential for widespread snow into the Wednesday morning commute.

Evan Bentley, a Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the Storm Prediction Center, discussed Tuesday's elevated severe weather risk for the Midwest and Texas with FOX Weather Command. The SPC has placed parts of north-central Illinois and extreme southern Michigan in the risk area for intense (EF-3+) tornadoes.