possible. even across the lower lying areas, major cities like portland, seattle. the month of late november, into early december where these weather patterns develop into late december and early january. you ll notice temps into the 30s. we re at 49 degrees which is what is considered normal. we ll watch for additional rounds here and also the severe weather threat across the southern united states. that front really quickly pushes across eastern texas, western louisiana as early as 5, 6 p.m. tuesday afternoon, tuesday evening, it starts up a surrounding weather. cool, dry air coming in from the north. put it together and you have the clash of air mass and it will be responsible for the severe weather outbreak tuesday afternoon, maybe even into tuesday night and that s the concern. any time you see a pattern like this where the storms begin to develop, this time of year, the sun will begin to set between 5
almost weekly since august when the federal reserve began raising rates to tame this white hot inflation. yesterday the fed raised rates another 3/4 of a percentage point. now to the threat of severe weather in the plains and southeastern u.s. about 35 million americans from northern missouri to the gulf coast of texas can see severe storms this friday. let s bring in meteorologist derek van dam. hi, derek. yeah, we ve got a long day of keeping an eye to the sky especially across the nation s hearth land. we have a collision of air masses that will set the battleground for stronger storms to develop later today. cold, dryer air from the northwest interacting with warm, humid gulf air. that collision zone right here, eastern texas, eastern oklahoma, portions of arkansas, louisiana and missouri. that is ground zero for the storm. it s shaded in orange.
level 3 of 5. damage willing winds, large hail and a couple of large tornadoes used expolice sidly in some of the language. this includes the dallas fort worth as well as shreveport, louisiana. encompasses oklahoma city as well as houston. look at the timing here. by this afternoon and evening, thunderstorms will fire. after sunset tonight some of the thunderstorms could form. that means nocturnal tornadoes are possible with this line of thunderstorms that moves through and ultimately develops. they are particularly dangerous because they often catch people off guard not prepared for tornadoes in the middle of the night when we re typically sleeping. the storm prediction center has highlighted the area as the greatest probability of tornadic development later today. we ll keep an eye to the sky. the highest tornado potential across eastern texas and into western louisiana and oklahoma. on top of the tornado threat there s also a potential for flash flooding as some of the
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