Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather. It’s Friday, April 14, 2023, and National Dolphin Day. Start your day the right way with everything you need to know about today’s weather. You can also get a quick briefing of national, regional and local weather whenever you like with the FOX Weather Update podcast.
After a week of unsettled weather across the South, the highest risk for severe weather is concentrated in the Plains for Friday. The worst storms are expected in parts of Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma, with damaging wind and hail being the primary threats. The risk shifts east for Saturday, with areas in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and Louisiana seeing the strongest storms.
A low-pressure system that floated around the Gulf of Mexico all week, causing historic flooding in Florida, moved ashore Thursday. On Friday, it will bring the possibility of severe storms and flooding to the Carolinas as it moves farther inland.
The effects of El Niño could help keep the Atlantic hurricane season a bit below average this year, according to the experts at Colorado State University. The outlook calls for 13 named storms, six of which could become hurricanes. Two of those hurricanes could become major, meaning Category 3 or higher.
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