Severe storm threat keeps trucking across several regions (forecast video)

Another favorable region where many severe storms could strike is from North Carolina to the mid-Atlantic coast. Conditions will be dicey at times on the I-85 and I-95 corridors from Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham to Richmond, Norfolk, the Outer Banks and Virginia Beach.

The threats for severe storms and areas of flash flooding won’t end today. Regions at most risk this weekend will probably be from the Gulf Coast to the Dakotas, in addition to the Southeast coast where the chance of tropical cyclone development this weekend is pegged by the NHC at greater than 60 percent.

Tropical update

Tropical Storm Ivo, pronounced EYE-vo, is spinning in the eastern Pacific about 430 miles southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Ivo has weakened last night; its maximum sustained winds went down from 65 mph overnight to 60 mph early this morning, then back to 65 mph as of 12:00 p.m. EDT today.

Ivo should weaken again on Saturday. Tropical storm-force winds extend up to 140 miles from the center of the storm. A Mexican Navy automated station at Clarion Island recently reported sustained winds of 62 mph and a gust of 76 mph.

Ivo poses no threat to any land assets. However, anyone on the West Coast of the U.S. awaiting ocean cargo coming from Asia or through the Panama Canal might have to deal with short-term delays as freighter crews will have to steer around the storm.

Have a great day, a wonderful weekend, and be careful out there!