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Tracking Storm System Across the Eastern U.S.

A storm system will continue to produce widespread showers and thunderstorms as it progresses eastward across the central U.S. into the Northeast through the weekend. There are risks of severe thunderstorms and excessive rainfall on Saturday from the Ozarks into the mid-Mississippi River Valley with potential for damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flash flooding. Read More >

12-hour helicity forecast

 

Figure 12: ETA 12 Hour Forecast of Surface to 3 kilometer Helicity
and Boundary Layer Wind valid 1200 UTC May 12, 1997.

 

18-hour helicity forecast

 

Figure 13: ETA 18 Hour Forecast of Surface to 3 kilometer Helicity
and Boundary Layer Wind valid 1800 UTC May 12, 1997.