Meteorologist Louis Smith

Wet weather will continue into Thursday as a TX Panhandle upper low tracks eastward toward the area. Ahead of this feature, a departing upper jet max over the Ohio Valley…

As a shortwave lifts from the Southern Plains toward the Great Lakes today, its developing surface low should track from Arkansas toward Indiana. This will bring a cold front through…

As a shortwave lifts from the Southern Plains toward the Great Lakes on Monday, an attendant surface low should track from across eastern Arkansas toward Indiana during the daytime. Due…

A swath of rain and a couple of embedded thunderstorms will continue to push north across the area into this evening. Much of the rainfall amounts with this will be…

The first in a series of strong Pacific storms is impacting parts of the Pacific Northwest this evening, and several more are set to bring similar impacts through the coming…

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Here’s a look at our main system currently as it moves SE just off of Los Angeles. The storm has been quite impactful in California, causing heavy rain and mudslides…

I usually focus on near-term weather threats here, but today with generally quiet weather across the US I want to look a little farther out into the medium-long range to…

Despite pre-season predictions of an average to below-average year, the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season was above average by most measures, with two U.S. hurricanes—Florence and Michael—causing unusually high death tolls…

The main concern will continue to be the potential for severe weather later tonight. There remain a few questions as to how things will develop over the next 12-18 hours.…

An active weather pattern will take shape for the end of the week into early next week. Primary concerns for the Pine Belt in Mississippi are for the threat for…

Expect a nice, dry & cooler than normal pattern over the next day as surface & mid-level ridge axis build over the region. Tonight, expect the center of the mid-level…

Michael is currently centered about 360 miles south of Panama City, Florida, and is moving north. (LATEST NEWS: Evacuations Ordered Along Florida Coast) A storm surge warning is in effect…

Above: Infrared image of Hurricane Michael as of 0422Z (12:22 am EDT) Tuesday, October 9, 2018. Image credit: NASA/MSFC Earth Science Branch. Hurricane Michael was gathering strength on Monday night…

7:45 PM EDT Monday 10/8: Satellite imagery this evening shows Michael continuing to develop, while also struggling with some dry air. The CDO present over the system’s center earlier this…

BULLETIN Tropical Storm Michael Advisory Number 5 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142018 400 PM CDT Sun Oct 07 2018 …AIRCRAFT FINDS MICHAEL STRONGER… …HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED OVER WESTERN…

Overnight weather models (GFS, ECMWF/EPS, UKMET) all indicated a powerful hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico this week. The next name on the list is Michael. The National Hurricane Center…

Overnight weather models (GFS, ECMWF/EPS, UKMET) all indicated a powerful hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico this week. The next name on the list is Michael. The National Hurricane Center…

Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Thu Oct 4 2018 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center…

Hello everyone! A very active pattern is set to develop across the US this weekend as tropical cyclones across the Pacific disrupt the Northern Hemisphere’s jet stream. While the pattern…