00:00Full picture here, zooming in where we have the rain, where it's been moving over the last three
00:04hours, really working its way into New Mexico. It's not moving particularly quickly right now,
00:10though I will say over the last couple of hours, it's started to pick up speed.
00:14It's really going to explode as it works its way into the central US. Now, before we take a look
00:18at it, I want to give you the takeaways. What are the big things to keep in mind as we head into
00:22tomorrow? Well, that heat, like we said, fuels the severe weather threat that we are going to see for
00:27your Thursday. Everybody, though, in the central US pretty much sees soaking rain. Some of you,
00:32though, get some wet snow, particularly Nebraska to Michigan. I'm going to break it down piece by
00:38piece. I want to start out with the rain because that is the higher impact story here because of
00:42the severe weather threat. However, what you're seeing right now is not the area we're most
00:46concerned about for severe weather. It's just the footprint of everybody that's going to get some
00:49rain throughout the day. Anybody in green here could see some ponding, some flash flooding. So
00:55that's the big impact to keep in mind for you. For those of you highlighted in yellow, well,
01:01here is our severe weather threat for the day. So low end risk level one out of four on our
01:05AccuWeather Threat Level Index. And it's not about the intensity of the storm. That's not the big
01:09takeaway here. It's the fact that we have a severe weather threat in January. It's not your typical
01:14severe weather season. So this part of the country, you're used to dealing with a severe weather
01:19threat. However, you're probably out of the routine of that weather awareness, making sure you have
01:25possible ways to get watches and warnings. Have you had to think about that kind of planning your day
01:29around the severe weather threats you're not out and about when a possible isolated tornado hits?
01:34Those are the things you want to keep in mind as we head into tomorrow because taking a look,
01:38damaging wind gusts are the biggest threat here. However, could see some hail, could see an isolated
01:43tornado or two. Now let's talk about the snow further west, mainly into the Rockies. That is the big story
01:50for you. Not as high impact, but still something that you want to keep in mind for your day.
01:54Mainly just anybody highlighted in blue, expect some slick spots on the road. Certainly not out
01:58of the question. Just like with the rain, it's not about the intensity necessarily. It's just the fact
02:03we have some snow in the forecast. Skiers and snowboarders, it's something to look forward to
02:07up into the higher elevations. We get six to 12, even up to two feet of snow or AccuWeather local storm
02:12max. Everybody else, it's a widespread one to three, just enough. You might have to shovel the sidewalk,
02:18clear off your car, that kind of thing. All right, now let's take a look at how this plays out on
02:23future radar. Give you the timing, give you the full picture, all that context you need to plan
02:26your day, like I've been telling you that you might want to. So we see this move out of the southwest.
02:32By tomorrow morning, it gets into the southern plains. Again, slow moving at first, but we start
02:36to see that heavy rainfall already, 7 a.m. Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, for example, you'll need
02:42the windshield wipers, maybe the umbrella on the way into work or school tomorrow morning. Continue to play
02:47out through the day. We really see the heavy rainfall explode as it works its way towards
02:51the Great Lakes, but by 9 p.m., we also have some snow and ice to think about. Yeah, winter storm.
02:57We have all three types of precipitation with, of course, the different impacts. We continue on
03:02through the overnight. This starts to work its way into the Ohio Valley, but it's the southern extent
03:06of this that we're really going to be watching as we head throughout the day on Friday.
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