Might there be a shift in both location and degree of the active weather patterns that have created significant tornadic activity over the past two weeks?

Participants: Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.

Transcript

Active weather in parts of the country this past week.

From April 30th through May 3rd, we saw at least 10 tornadoes each day in that four-day period, a little bit of a break on May 4th and 5th with a single tornado reported those two days, and then May 6th we saw another estimated 17 tornadoes based on very early reports.

With USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey noting since April 25th and as of Monday, there have been one dozen consecutive days with at least one tornado reported in the nation, and over 200 total in that time frame.

The active weather trend is expected to continue this week, but with a shift in location, the mid-south and lower midwest Wednesday, and on Thursday and beyond the east coast and deep south.

He adds a late week to weekend weather pattern shift could bring a temporary halt to this stretch of active climatic conditions.

I'm Ron Bain reporting for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.