For over a decade, the "Marginal to High" risk scale has been the gold standard for severe weather preparedness, but a new ...

The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) began using a new severe weather forecasting product called Conditional Intensity Forecasts. They'll be issued on top of the usual Categorical Outlooks.

This six-year project aims to better reflect severe weather hazard intensities and their potential impacts to the general public ...

NOAA says the new graphics and updated PTS-format output are scheduled to debut with the 1630Z Day 1 Convective Outlook on March 3, 2026, although that start time could be pushed if a substantial ...

Starting today (March 3) the Storm Prediction Center (based in Norman, Okla.) will have the ability to add a new layer of detail to what it calls its convective outlooks, which outline the areas under ...

The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) will unveil new outlook maps for severe weather beginning in March 2026. The severe weather outlook categories will not change and will remain as follows, in order ...