April Set to Unleash Some Wild Weather Across Parts of the US, Meteorologists Warn

With spring in full swing, warmer, wetter weather is typical for April. But according to the latest models, the start of the month could bring a heightened risk of severe thunderstorms to the Central and Eastern United States. On Thursday, storms battered parts of the Midwest and Ohio Valley with powerful wind gusts, heavy rain, and large hail. Various weather warnings remained in effect for large swaths of the Central and Eastern U.S. Friday morning, including wind-related alerts from western Texas to Minnesota and flood warnings in the upper Ohio Valley. As the low-pressure and cold temperatures associated with these storms trek east, severe thunderstorms could continue to impact central and eastern states through the beginning of April. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center forecasts a 15% to 30% higher probability for severe thunderstorms over the next four to eight days. While the predicted impact areas are largely unclear, the SPC expects a low-pressure system to move across the Canada-U.S. border from Monday to Tuesday, encouraging storm formation across the northern Plains. Some models suggest the upper Mississippi Valley could see some supercell thundersto