Nobody Is Ready For This Rare Storm...

Added: 2026-06-04

[00:00:00]A powerful storm is about to slam the United States and this will lead to severe weather and rare snow. The weather pattern is about to be dominated by a massive ridge. And underneath that ridge, we will see severe weather from coast to coast with damaging winds, large hail, and even a few tornadoes possible. But something that is about to surprise everybody is that rare snow will grip the Northeast this weekend, which hardly ever happens at the end of May or beginning of June. We got a crazy weather pattern to talk about. So, let's get right into the forecast. And we have a lot of new updates in today's forecast. And I want to begin with our severe weather potential for the next 3 days and then talk about the severe weather that is coming next week as June looks like it's going to be pretty active. And we are going to begin with what is happening today, which is Friday. And we have a slight risk of severe weather across West Texas, including Leach just south of Amarillo.

[00:00:54]Large marginal threat from Denver, Colorado, back in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. And then a couple of marginal threats of severe weather along and west of the Rockies where the main concern for today will be damaging wind gusts, some of which could be significant, especially in West Texas where damaging winds could be as high as 80 mph. And then some pocket change size tail is also a possibility. Tornado threat for today is low but not zero in Texas. And then for tomorrow, the threat of severe weather will expand and shift to the east as a very powerful upper level low pressure system will literally be spinning over the Rockies. And this could create a primed severe weather setup here for Saturday all across the Great Plains. For right now, the Storm Prediction Center has a slight risk of severe weather in place for Rapid City, South Dakota into western Nebraska, across the Sand Hills, and a marginal threat from Billings, Montana into central Texas. I definitely could see this being upgraded in a future outlook.

[00:01:49]It's really going to come down to where this low pressure system is positioned in addition to how much moisture is in this environment. And if we do end up having this low pressure system a bit further east and forecasted tomorrow, I definitely think tomorrow has the potential to be a substantial day of severe weather across the Great Plains.

[00:02:05]Definitely could see higher risk categories in a future outlook for parts of the central plains. For right now, we're mainly looking at a damaging wind threat along with some large hail. There is also a chance for at least a couple of tornadoes. This will come down to storm mode. And if we end up having discrete supercells here, it definitely looks like it'll be go time for a rather elevated tornado threat. And then as we head into Sunday and even beyond Sunday, the risk of severe weather is going to continue all across the Great Plains.

[00:02:31]Right now, we have a large marginal threat of severe weather from Missouri back into Montana. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week.

[00:02:37]Look to be very active all across the Great Plains and even into the Southeast. Lots of thunderstorms are ahead and there will be plenty of severe weather ahead as we have a lot of messoscale severe weather coming up and I'll explain what that exactly means here in just a moment. But there will definitely be some significant severe storms to open up June. And before we talk more about the timing of severe weather and the severe weather coming up in early June, I do want to talk about the setup of severe weather for Saturday. And the reason why is because I do think Saturday has a high ceiling where there could be a couple of tornadoes that could even be strong depending on how this environment unfolds. Right now we have a large sharp dry line that is forecasted to form during the afternoon hours stretching from Wyoming back into Texas. And any storms that do end up firing along this where we get enough lift, this could lead to a more significant severe weather threat. Another thing that we can look at is our significant tornado parameter values. And they're maximized in a couple different areas. We have one back over in South Dakota and even another one down here in the central and southern plains in Oklahoma and even Kansas. And if a storm were to fire there, it could definitely be producing a potential for strong tornadoes. On top of that, our low-level jet will be cranking. This is what it looks like here throughout the daytime on Saturday.

[00:03:48]Very strong southwesterly and southerntherly flow. Notice over here in South Dakota, it'll be more out of the south, but over here in the central plains, it's going to be coming out of the southwest. And for those that have been watching this channel for a while, you know that this can very easily lead to a more significant tornado threat.

[00:04:03]This is also a negatively tilted trough, which basically means that it's also able to gather a lot more spin leading to more strong veering winds and therefore can lead to a much higher tornado threat. But at the end of the day, I do think tomorrow has a high ceiling for significant severe weather.

[00:04:18]We will keep you posted with the latest and I do think a live stream is on the table tomorrow. So, make sure you're subscribed to the channel and follow us on Facebook and Twitter if there's any big updates to this outlook later today.

[00:04:28]Now, let's go dayby day with the timing of severe weather and we'll begin with what is happening today. We are anticipating some significant severe weather across the Great Plains, but for the most part elsewhere, we're watching for scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon from North Dakota back into the southeast, including Atlanta, Georgia, even near Nashville and Memphis. Watch out for a few pop-up thunderstorms this afternoon. They're not going to really produce anything that severe, but there could be some gusty winds, small hail. Wouldn't rule out one of those storms becoming severe.

[00:04:55]And then down here in Texas and Oklahoma, this where the real story will be today. New Mexico even getting in on the severe weather potential. We are going to be watching for a few supercells to form this afternoon. Maybe even a little Boeing segment over near Amarillo by 4:00. And as these storms progress to the east, they will be producing mainly a damaging wind threat.

[00:05:13]But initially there will be a risk of large hail, maybe even up to about 2 in in diameter out of the most significant storm near Leick or Amarillo. By 7 8:00 those storms will continue to march to the east and will continue to produce at least some gusty winds and some lightning. So there might be a little lightning show out there if you're over in Oklahoma City or Dallas. They should fizzle out though well before actually reaching those locations. And as we go into Saturday, this looks like the big day really of the last week or two. We have not really had any sort of major severe weather events. And I'm not saying this is major, but this is the most concerning looking severe weather day in my opinion that I have seen over the last 10 to 12 days. As we go into the afternoon hours, a low pressure system will be spinning across Wyoming and there will be some storms circling here by about 2 to 3:00. The big thing I think for those that live in western Nebraska and South Dakota is that these storms that are really close to that low pressure system are going to be struggling to gather any sort of legitimate moisture. And in this environment, we need due points in the low to mid-60s. And the due points right now are forecasted to be in the low mid50s. So that's a big drop off. And so I think the storms initially over here near Rapid City will probably not be producing much of a tornado threat.

[00:06:21]Here's where things get a little bit more interesting though. Right around 4:00, there will be some storms that'll try to fire in Oklahoma and Kansas. If this happens, it's conditional, but if it happens, they will be producing significant severe weather, including the risk of very large hail and even the threat of a tornado. I definitely think a strong tornado would also be on the table, but it also depends on the storm mode. If they upscale too quickly and a bunch of storms fire, it's probably going to struggle a little bit more to actually produce a legit tornado threat.

[00:06:48]But if storms can stay discreet in this environment, I think the tornado threat would be higher. By about 6:00, storms over here in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming will continue to produce damaging winds and a low tornado threat with any storm that is circling on the east side of that low pressure system.

[00:07:02]And then by about 8:00 or so, those storms in Rapid City will continue to produce damaging winds. We're looking at a potential windbag threat here in South Dakota. And this could lead to 60 to 80 mph winds during the late evening and overnight hours as that line slowly shifts off to the north and east towards Bismar and Pierre. And then down here in the central and southern plains, storms will upscale by 10 to 11:00 near Witchah, Salena, back towards even Oklahoma City, there could be a storm as well. And those will continue to produce some damaging winds into the overnight hours. And then during the morning hours on Sunday, most of that will begin to weaken. And then for Sunday afternoon, we are right back at it across the northern plains where there will be more supercells capable of producing damaging winds and maybe a tornado threat over in Nebraska and South Dakota before storms once again upscale into a damaging wind threat. And then by Monday, we are going to be rinse and repeat. I think we're going to see a lot more severe weather just like this. And it might actually gradually shift to the east. And guys, we have something really rare about to happen in the Northeast to end May. We have a strong low pressure system that is developing right now in Canada. And this will be dropping into New England tonight. And overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning, that low pressure system is going to be down to about 999 millibars. That's really not the big story, though. The big story is this right here. You see that? That's blue.

[00:08:20]That means there's going to be snow in New England overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. Look how far south it could get. By the way, we could actually have snow flurries all the way down into Worcester, Portsmith, and maybe even as far south as Boston into early tomorrow morning. This is just wild stuff to look at. And on top of that, it's going to be really windy during the daytime on Saturday because of this low pressure system barely being offshore. The amount of snow that we are expecting is not very significant unless you are in the higher elevations. I'm saying significant for this time of the year.

[00:08:51]Two inches of snow is nothing for winter time period, but for it being the end of May, we could be talking about maybe one to two inches in the higher elevations.

[00:08:58]And there could be a few locations in western New Hampshire, maybe even over here near Exit and Hamstead that could see some flurries. So, pretty rare stuff here. We are going to be talking about at least some snowfall. I don't really think much of it will accumulate to be honest and I think if anything does accumulate, it is going to melt really quickly. But the reason why this is happening is because the temperatures Saturday morning will be just so cold. I mean, we're looking at temperatures right now across the board in the 30s and 40s. There will be some areas in the mid-30s. The wind chills are currently forecasted to be well into the low30s and even some areas will be in the mid to upper 20s for this time of the year.

[00:09:32]That's pretty crazy. Now, as we head into June, the weather pattern is going to shift quite a bit. Right now, we have an omega block weather pattern that is built up. We have a low pressure system in the northeast. We have one over the Rockies. Both of these in the upper levels. And then by the time we go into the late weekend and into the first week of June, the weather pattern will begin to shift a little bit. That omega block is actually going to build more across the southern plains. As we go into the first couple of days of June, really strong northerly flow all across the northeast will keep things chilly to begin June. But by about the 3rd and fourth of June, that is when this weather pattern is going to start to let up a little bit. And I do think the return of some more significant messoscale severe weather is going to become more into play. I think we're watching right now the tail end of next week for a storm system to try to bring some moisture into Texas that might lead to some severe weather. But if we get any sort of shortwave troughs that move over the Rockies around Friday, Saturday or Sunday, it would definitely be pretty favorable for some severe weather. Right now, the European model is hinting at some pretty significant storm systems moving into the country around the second week of June, which will promote a much higher threat of severe weather down the line. So again, we are still in the peak of severe weather season. I know it doesn't feel like it. We've been live, I think, seven times this month, which is really low for our standards.

[00:10:43]We're usually live around 15, 20 times in the month of May, but I do think June will definitely have our fair share of significant severe weather days. It's only going to be a matter of time, though, until this drought of major outbreaks is over. And to put that into more simplistic terms, this is what it looks like here as we head into Sunday and Monday. That low pressure system will continue to spin across Montana, even on Monday, which should lead to a little bit more severe weather across the central and southern plains. On Tuesday, we are anticipating even more messoscale severe weather to take place across both the central and southern plains. And there should be at least some damaging winds, hail, maybe even a tornado threat. The southern plains in the southeast are going to remain wet.

[00:11:20]It is just going to keep raining here for the next week or two. It is that kind of time of the year right now where we just get a lot of thunderstorms.

[00:11:26]Sometimes they produce severe weather, most times they don't. As we end Wednesday and Thursday, high pressure at the surface will likely build across the Great Lakes and along the East Coast.

[00:11:35]This will not fully suppress severe storms, though. If that storm system uh over Montana that's developing right now does end up moving off into Canada, there could be some residual severe storm activity on Wednesday across parts of the Midwest. So, be keeping an eye out on that. The European model and some other models have been hinting at tropical development for the last several days over here in the Gulf. I've not seen anything that really stands out to me that makes me think we're going to see a tropical storm anytime soon, but there is at least a low chance something might try to form during the first week of June if we were to see something.

[00:12:05]Mostly just looking at rain. Nothing major is in the forecast as of right now, but a lot of rain would be coming out of that if something were to happen in the southeast. And then beyond this, things become more uncertain. And speaking of wet things, your backyard will be very wet for the first week of June. This is the amount of rain that is currently forecasted between now and June 5th. And there's going to be plenty of rainfall across the Great Plains, but look down here near the Gulf Coast.

[00:12:27]Baton Rouge, Huma, and as well as New Orleans are likely going to pick up between 4 to 7 in of rainfall. So, it is going to be wet out there. And as always, thank you all so much for watching today's forecast. If you are new to the channel, make sure to subscribe down below. We have a lot of new updates on our 24/7 live weather stream on the Mormax Velocity YouTube channel. You can check this out with the top link in the description below. New music, a lot more live cameras. So, we just added thousands of live cameras to this, so make sure to check it out.