12:35AM: With all this dry line talk, about storms erupting along and east of it, the forgotten part is that dry side. Well here it is: The dewpoint right now in Albuquerque is 21. Dry line indeed.

9:05PM: Check out the reports with this storm near the Oklahoma Panhandle. 2.5″ hail, 65kt winds. Because the largest cities in the path of this storm aren’t really that large, this qualifies as a “slight” risk.

10:05PM Not unlike yesterday, there are severe storms, particularly along the front range of the Rockies, and specifically, there are several reports along I-80 in southern Wyoming. This makes sense, as there are observing stations along the highway, and also, there just aren’t that many other people in Wyoming.

7:35PM – It’s definitely a late summer pattern out there. The jet pattern is non-existent which leaves the most constant boundary the dry line. Sure enough, there is at least a marginal risk in the High Plains every day from today through the weekend, and probably to start the week ahead.

9:37PM – There has been a tornado watch in the Colorado/Nebraska/Wyoming tri-state. High Plains tornadoes are typically photogenic, visible for miles, and isolated from human populations. No tornadoes have been observed tonight, but there has been 2.5 inch hail around Cheyenne. Hope you have a hail deductible, chasers!

11:49PM – I’m happy to say I should get through this update without a power outage, however I will note that every night for the last several, there has been rain along the Minnesota and Iowa border. As you might expect, there are river flood watches and warnings across the state of Iowa.

10:02PM – This update is a little delayed! Mid post, Victoria-Weather lost power and didn’t get it back until this morning.

This is the radar imagery as a pair of lines moved through Minnesota, notably the Twin Cities and around Sioux Falls and Sioux City. There was a big gap between the lines that curiously lined up with the core of a Moderate Risk issued by the SPC earlier in the day.

12:26AM: After some grueling weeks of travel and family responsibility, I want you to know that there will be some real live Content here soon. Hooray!

8:08PM: When people talk about a dry heat, it’s like what we are seeing in Phoenix this evening. Temperatures are sitting at 102, with a dew point of 29. For reference, the dew points are sitting in the 70s across a lot of Mississippi Valley. That is NOT a dry heat.

9:03PM Now a few days out, there are 5 confirmed tornadoes from Carver County over the weekend, along with three in southwestern Minnesota, where they were certainly more photogenic.

10:42PM – One thing we don’t see enough of that we get to enjoy tonight? Rain on the west coast, even as June turns to July. A band of showers is rolling through southern Oregon, giving the area a healthy drink.

11:28pm: If you are in the Twin Cities and still up, I would just go ahead and stay up a little bit longer