00:00April is prime time for severe storms and tornadoes, and the next several days do come with a risk for
00:06rough weather.
00:07But here's the twist. Despite multiple chances for storms, we're not expecting any major widespread severe weather or big tornado
00:15outbreaks.
00:16So what's holding back the atmosphere? Well, we don't have all the ingredients.
00:21There are three main ingredients. Warm, moist air. Check.
00:25Two, enough energy to ignite the thunderstorms. Check.
00:28But we're missing wind shear. What's wind shear?
00:33Increasing winds through the height of the atmosphere, and also if you can get those winds to change direction with
00:40height, you can get tornadoes.
00:41You need wind shear for severe weather, and the way you get wind shear is lots of energy.
00:45We just don't have lots of energy, so we don't have the wind shear.
00:49Here are the three systems that's going to produce severe weather over the next couple of days.
00:53Number one, a weak front for Thursday and Friday will come south.
00:57Not enough energy to produce widespread severe weather or tornadoes.
01:01Two, we have that system. You can see the spin off the West Coast, but that's going to move into
01:06the plain states in pieces.
01:08So there's not enough energy for widespread severe weather or tornadoes.
01:13But be mindful of that other system in the Gulf of Alaska, because that's going to head out into the
01:18plain states when?
01:19Tuesday, Wednesday. Look at all the energy with that on Tuesday.
01:21The yellows and the reds. So already, not only do we have a risk of severe weather, but here's a
01:27word you haven't seen or will see over the next couple of days.
01:31Isolated tornadoes. It's a risk. Not only Tuesday, but as everything shifts east on Wednesday.
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