This is a huge week of weather

Snow, severe weather, ice, oh my!

And we…are…back!

2025 is coming in like a heavy hitter with a pair of storm systems set to bring some big-time weather impacts to a vast portion of the country. As a weather nerd, this is the part of weather I’ve grown to really appreciate, even if my storm chaser half isn’t as excited.

Storm 1

The first storm is over the Four Corners region right now and will slide east over the next 48 hours, bringing significant impacts to a large swath of the country.

By Sunday afternoon, a major winter storm will be underway, bringing snow and ice to the Plains, Midwest, and Mid-South. Severe weather is possible tomorrow as well.

Storm 1 will bring plentiful moisture northwards, combined with strong wind shear in the lowest levels of the atmosphere to bring an Enhanced Risk to portions of the south.

A linear storm mode will dominate with time, but some supercells could form ahead of the line, which could lead to a locally enhanced tornado threat. The line itself will possess a lower tornado threat but an enhanced damaging winds threat.

Storm 2 (The Kicker)

As storm 1 departs, our attention quickly shifts to storm 2, impacting the country from midweek to next weekend. Depending on its track, this might be a more impactful storm overall in terms of winter weather.

This storm will dig much farther south, with most of its impacts moving over some pretty cold air. This will lead to snow as far south as the Rio Grande midweek. Places like Dallas and Little Rock could even see some flakes from this one.

Anyone who follows weather in the Northeast knows that Nor’easters are fickle things. The line between massive snowstorms and “why can’t we just get a flake” is thin. That said, this morning’s GFS had a massive snowstorm for parts of New England back into the Mid-Atlantic. I'm not sold on this, but my weather nerd inner-self is excited. Also note the snow from a tertiary system back on the High Plains.

Learn Weather!

The supercell is the most powerful thunderstorm on the planet. To get these beasts, the atmosphere must have a unique set of ingredients to allow storms to spin and persist for hours on end. Here is a breakdown of those ingredients and what to look for.

Q&A With a Storm Chaser!

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Titan Photo of the Week

I’m in the process of thinking back on the monsoon season to plan out some future videos. This day on the Plains of San Augustin was absolutely magical, with the storms forming over the open landscape with the highlands on every side and fields full of wildflowers. This was an epic week of photography and I can’t wait to show more.

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