{"id":589029,"date":"2026-04-17T03:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T03:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/589029\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T03:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T03:58:11","slug":"breaking-down-our-convective-outlooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/589029\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking down our convective outlooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -Severe Weather Awareness Week continues with a look at the colorful severe weather maps seen every spring and summer: the convective outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center.<\/p>\n

These outlooks show where severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, damaging winds, or large hail are possible anywhere from today all the way out to eight days.<\/p>\n

Understanding the colors<\/p>\n

The colors green, yellow, orange, and red do not rank how bad the storm will be. They show how likely severe weather is within 25 miles of a point.<\/p>\n

A \u201cSlight Risk\u201d doesn\u2019t mean \u201cslight impact.\u201d It means scattered severe storms are possible. Many people misunderstand the categories. Some even think \u201cEnhanced\u201d is worse than \u201cModerate.\u201d It\u2019s not. Moderate is a higher risk.<\/p>\n

New for 2026<\/p>\n

The Storm Prediction Center added something called Conditional Intensity Groups, or CIGs. These tell forecasters how strong storms could become if everything lines up.<\/p>\n

A day that\u2019s only a Slight Risk can still carry the potential for significant tornadoes or damaging winds.<\/p>\n

How forecasts evolve<\/p>\n

Days 4-8: Broad outlooks showing general areas<\/p>\n

Days 1-3: More detailed predictions<\/p>\n

Day 1: Updated multiple times with specific tornado, wind, and hail threats<\/p>\n

What it means<\/p>\n

Convective outlooks are an early warning system. They\u2019re the first signal that the atmosphere is setting the stage for severe weather. Local forecasts, watches, and warnings provide the full picture.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t ignore the lower risk categories. Some of the most impactful severe weather days have come from what started as a \u201cSlight Risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Copyright 2022 WMTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -Severe Weather Awareness Week continues with a look at the colorful severe weather maps seen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61406,64664,113364,4,450,38722,100340,113370,5266,113357,113367,113371,34329,113359,113356,11315,128522,10095,2854,113369,451,13014,113358,113368,12970,32572,113365,17776,113362,113360,3,19079,113361,14062,113363,24338,1897,1740,113355,60376,257364,1608,83676,452,453,109411,113366,74583,2986,6322,173727,19818,182401],"class_list":{"0":"post-589029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-beaver-dam","9":"tag-beloit","10":"tag-boscobel","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breakingnews","13":"tag-brian","14":"tag-charlie","15":"tag-cloudy","16":"tag-cold","17":"tag-corriveau","18":"tag-dane","19":"tag-delaney-boles","20":"tag-dodge","21":"tag-dodgeville","22":"tag-doogs","23":"tag-forecast","24":"tag-frost","25":"tag-grant","26":"tag-green","27":"tag-green-lake","28":"tag-headlines","29":"tag-iowa","30":"tag-janesville","31":"tag-jefferson","32":"tag-kevin","33":"tag-lafayette","34":"tag-lone-rock","35":"tag-madison","36":"tag-mineral-point","37":"tag-monroe","38":"tag-news","39":"tag-november","40":"tag-platteville","41":"tag-portage","42":"tag-prairie-du-chien","43":"tag-rain","44":"tag-richland","45":"tag-rock","46":"tag-shortino","47":"tag-snow","48":"tag-southern-wisconsin-weather","49":"tag-sun","50":"tag-sunny","51":"tag-top-stories","52":"tag-topstories","53":"tag-vernon","54":"tag-viroqua","55":"tag-watertown","56":"tag-weather","57":"tag-wildfire","58":"tag-wind-chill","59":"tag-winter","60":"tag-wintry-mix"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}