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00:00After nine days, one hour and 32 minutes spent traveling through space, the Artemis 2 crew is
00:05back on Earth. Thank you for joining us on this Saturday edition of Weekend Recharge. I'm Lynette
00:09Charles joined by Felicia Combs. Yeah, I mean such an amazing time from space to severe storms. We
00:15got a lot to unpack this morning because America's weekend depends on the weather of course and a lot
00:19of America will be dodging severe storms. I know and not just for today. It's going to be a long
00:24stretch of days that we're going to be watching this. So it's been day. As you saw, we're getting
00:28rounds of heavy rain and it will be rounds of heavy rain for some of the same areas over and
00:33over again, which will lend to that possibility for flash flooding as well. Take a look at Lubbock,
00:38Texas, for instance, that chance for storms really bubbling up later today, lasting into Saturday.
00:44And then for Sunday, you have less of a chance of the storms, but it's going to be hot. It's
00:49going
00:49to be windy and we're not done with the risk for stronger storms just yet in the coming days for
00:54that region. Here's the highlighted area today. The darkest red shading is where we have the higher
00:59possibility of severe storms, but anywhere shaded in red at all, you could see storms that do reach
01:05those severe limits. Think large hail, maybe some damaging wind gusts, and there is an isolated tornado
01:11risk for portions of the central U.S. as we head through today. We'll watch an instability build as
01:16we head through the day, get some of that daytime heating. A little bit of a cap is going to
01:21inhibit
01:21some of the potential for severe earlier on. That's going to erode away as we increase the heat
01:26and the moisture in the atmospheric column. And eventually you'll see it. It's like we flip a
01:31switch and all of those storms become much more robust later today. A little bit of activity here
01:36moving through the panhandle of Texas, increasing moisture across the state of Texas. You can clearly
01:41see where we've got the drier air versus a more humid air that will add to the heavy rain that
01:46will add to
01:46those storm chances. And here's a look at our temperatures that have been increasing over the past few
01:50hours as well. Watch what happens here as I put future radar into motion. And you'll notice that
01:55we flip the switch and all of a sudden you go from kind of a smattering of these showers and
01:59storms
02:00that you see here to much more robust cluster of storms heading into that five o'clock hour.
02:06Once that is going, this is kind of going to be the story into the evening, into your overnight hours
02:10as well. Think large hail, think damaging winds, especially as we head into the overnight hours.
02:15Eventually these storms will congeal into more of a line segment. You'll notice that there around
02:20San Angelo, Abilene into the overnight and early Sunday. So once we're in it this afternoon,
02:24guys, we're in it for some time with that chance for stronger storms. So if you've got Saturday
02:28night plans, just keep that in mind. Quick look at Sunday, much of the same area included in that
02:34risk for severe storms. And again, the threat for large hail, the threat for damaging winds going to
02:38be part of the story for your Sunday. Here's our line segment that I was talking about. You can kind
02:43of
02:43see the backward C shape of that, a good indication of the potential for strong damaging straight line winds.
02:49But we'll put this into motion for you through Sunday morning. And you'll notice this model
02:53wanting to fizzle it out a little bit for the morning. And then Lynette, we get the atmosphere
02:57to reload and we're back at it for the second part of our Sunday. I'm not sure it's going to
03:01fizzle
03:01as easily as this model is showing Sunday morning, but something to keep an eye on as we head through
03:06the rest of today. Exactly.
03:08I've been talking a lot about space recently. It's been 10 days. I've never heard anyone say no one can
03:14hear
03:14you scream in space. That sounds like a threat, but we'll dig into that later. We'll dig into that
03:19later. All right. Let's talk a little bit more about the weather. We'll let Paul think about what
03:23no one can hear you scream in space means. I mean, he's not wrong, but you know, I don't know,
03:29not the happiest turn on space. Okay. So Sacramento, you're going to be stuck in the rain. We've got
03:33another system moving into the West. Well, really the same system that started yesterday,
03:37but it's going to continue filling in rain today into tonight storms in the forecast
03:41for Sunday. Yeah, that's right. Storms had quite a few severe thunderstorms in California yesterday,
03:46potential for a few severe storms here, especially around the Bay area. We've got plentiful energy
03:52that is going to provide enough lift to get some buoyant storms going and then rounds of rain will
03:58be the story. Now, as you look at this, you'll notice generally we're just looking at about an inch
04:03for a lot of places, but they're on the Western slopes of the Sierra. You ring out a bit more
04:07of that
04:07moisture. You can see some higher totals in rainfall, and then we'll be getting some of
04:11that higher elevation snow. So you can see our disturbance here hanging off that coast,
04:15the, the pinwheel nature of that that's going to rotate that rounds of rain through at times,
04:21as mentioned, could be heavy rain. Now heading through this evening into tonight, that's when
04:26you're really going to see some of those, um, the snow start picking up, but then tomorrow,
04:30especially you'll see some of those snow levels dropping and your weekend mountain travel could be
04:36impacted by that, especially as we head through Sunday. You'll notice it's kind of just a passing
04:41nature of the rain. It's not like you're really stuck in the rain for any serious amount of time
04:46at any given time, but you are going to have to contend with rounds of passing rain into tomorrow
04:52as well. Here's the winter storm warning that we have for portions of the Sierra highest totals,
04:56of course, going to be in the highest elevations. But as mentioned tonight and into Sunday,
05:00those snow levels begin to drop a bit more down to past level, and we could see a few feet.
05:05We've talked so much
05:06about how important the snowpack is in California for the drier months. So we're going to add a little
05:11bit more to that, uh, Lynette, after what has been quite a break in snowfall, quite frankly,
05:16across the West. All right, let's talk about what's going on. All right, well, it may be dry for now,
05:21but the clouds are already gathering here in our virtual view of Dallas. That's right. Just a sneak
05:26peek of what's to come as you power through your Saturday. Eventually rumbling storms are coming in
05:31with a bang this afternoon, and then we'll watch as you have that chance for severe storms tomorrow
05:37in Dallas as well. Now today, Dallas, you're not actually in the main area for severe, but places
05:42like Lubbock and San Angelo, you are. So as we head through the rest of today, it's really going to
05:48be
05:48a later in the day thing where we have that better chance for severe storms. So while you might have
05:53some rain early on Dallas, I think you're going to have a little rain early on Amarillo, Lubbock,
05:57maybe a few passing showers here or there, it's really not until that five, six o'clock hour that
06:02we start to see those storms becoming more robust. You have a better chance for those damaging winds
06:07and for large hail. There's not a huge risk for tornadoes today, but won't completely rule that out
06:13as these storms get going. So it's really your Saturday night. If you have anything that you need
06:17to get done outdoors, it's going to be better to get it done for the earlier part of the day.
06:21Don't put it off for the later part of the day today. Let's head to Midland and San Angelo.
06:25Same thing for you. You've got that kind of southerly component to the wind initially
06:28ahead of the main line of storms. It's going to bring in some fast passing showers as we're
06:33increasing the warmth and moisture throughout the day. But again, it's not until that four,
06:37five o'clock hour that you really see a better chance for those storms with the severe limits.
06:42Now for Midland and San Angelo, I think you're going to kind of lean more toward a damaging wind
06:47threat. You can see what the model is doing here with that backward C shape. That's a good
06:51indication that the model is trying to show you what might be some damaging straight line winds.
06:57So just keep that in mind. You'll want to have some way to get those alerts if you need to
07:00be
07:00in your safe spot during the middle of the night when these storms are moving through something
07:04that will wake you up so you can get to your safe spot. You'll notice we are still in the
07:08thick
07:08of it here in San Angelo and Abilene even into very early Sunday morning as that wave of storms
07:14moves through. Heavy rain coming along with this as well. OKC, you're in it for a chance of storms
07:18today. Watch how those storms kind of rush northward. You'll really be seeing the chance
07:24for storms beginning like mid afternoon. But watch what happens as we head into the overnight
07:28and early Sunday. This is when you have a better, more widespread push of rain, the chance for a
07:34few rumbles of thunder. I'm not sure early Sunday is going to be a prime candidate for really getting
07:39a big severe weather here in OKC, but you will be starting out your Sunday. So if you're headed to
07:43service, if you've got brunch plans, anything like that there in OKC, it's going to be impacted by
07:48this weather on Sunday. All right, let's talk to you in Dallas. As mentioned, you'll have some
07:51passing showers and a few rumbles of thunder out there for the early part of your afternoon. But
07:55Lynette, Dallas is another one of those places. It might be Mother Nature's alarm clock waking up
08:00by tomorrow morning because that's when another line of storms is going to move through. All right,
08:03Felicia. Time of year, especially where you expect some severe storms. That's why we say
08:09April showers bring May flowers. You expect April to be pretty rainy. But the fact that we have day after
08:14day of those storms being possibly severe for a lot of the same areas, kind of in rounds,
08:19it starts to become a little exhausting, right? You might have a little storm fatigue.
08:24In Oklahoma City, you can see you've got the chance for some showers, maybe a few rumbles of
08:27thunder later on today. Better chance for some of those storms as we head through early part of
08:32Sunday. Windy conditions picking up with that as well. And then we're back at it Tuesday and Wednesday,
08:37so you're really not seeing this complete clearing out. Monday looks a little bit drier,
08:42but you're not seeing like a complete clearing. Today, here's where we have the risk for severe
08:46storms. The darker red shading is where we have that best chance. And the timing on this is going
08:50to be into the afternoon and evening. So while we have some activity already ongoing, you can see
08:55that here, a cluster of storms moving through portions of northern Kansas up into northwestern Missouri,
09:01a few thunderstorms in the panhandle of Texas as well. The best chance for severe storms will not come
09:07until later today. So our temperatures will continue warming as we're getting that feed of moisture
09:11off of the Gulf of Mexico. The daytime heating as we head through our day as well. All of that
09:16will become fuel for those storms to tap into. We've got lift in the atmosphere. We've got a trough
09:21around that's helping provide this lift, helping these storms to get going and breathe. Here's 5 p.m.
09:26and it's almost like we flip a switch across this region to get those storms going. And then we watch
09:32as they roll eastward throughout the overnight hours as well. So some rumbles of thunder, that potential for
09:38some severe storms into the overnight. This will be one of those nights where you want to make sure
09:42you have either the alerts set up on your phone or your NOAA weather radio ready. This is going to
09:47merge into more of a line segment. You see that here with that backward C shape, a good indication that
09:51we might be having some strong gusty winds with this, some straight line winds during the early
09:56morning hours of Sunday. So just be ready for that because that risk for severe storms is there
10:02on Sunday as well. Highlighted region, this time stretching all the way up through portions of
10:06Kansas and then just an isolated risk all the way up into the upper Mississippi Valley. Again,
10:11Lynette, large hail, damaging winds. All of that will be a threat for both today and tomorrow.
10:16Exactly. And so if you do have time of year, baseball getting into full swing and nothing ruins a good
10:22game like a thunderstorm, right? And that's exactly what we could see here in Kansas City as the White Sox
10:27are taken on the Royals. Now, I think you'll be able to get the game started depending on when these
10:31storms actually move in. Maybe just a delay, obviously, if it's rain and just a delay. If
10:36there are thunderstorms and lightning, then it's not safe to be outdoors in that. To St. Louis where
10:40the Red Sox are taking on the Cardinals actually experienced the most miserable baseball game of
10:46my life here in St. Louis with the Cardinals. It was so cold. I'll never forget it. Not the case
10:51today, though. It's going to be cloudy and it is going to be warm temperatures making it into the
10:56lower 80s. So not cold at all. Meanwhile, it's also not cold at the Masters. This has been the buzz
11:02around town and it's going to continue to be that way as the weather. Well, I would call this
11:07cooperating because it's not raining. It's not storming. We've seen in past years where it's just
11:11been washed out, right? It is a little hot. Make sure you're hydrating with something other than those
11:16special Masters drinks. Make sure you're getting some water in there if you're going to be out there. And in
11:21Chicago, Fire FC taking on Atlanta United. The weather looks just fine for this. Lynette.
11:26All right, Felicia.
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