Severe storms to blitz across top of southern US heat dome

Severe thunderstorms with downpours, damaging wind gusts, large hail and tornadoes have frequented the central United States this week, and although portions of the region may catch a brief break on Wednesday, AccuWeather forecasters say that the threat of severe weather will return by Thursday.
The setup which has aided in the development of severe thunderstorms this week will not change much over the next several days. One of the reasons that the storms have been repeating over the same areas is partially tied to a weather phenomenon happening elsewhere.
“A strengthening heat dome in the Southwest has expanded across much of Texas and Oklahoma,” said AccuWeather Storm Warning Meteorologist Michael Stahlman. “On the northern edge of this heat dome, there have been disturbances in the jet stream which have aided in the development and strengthening of clusters of thunderstorms,” explained Stahlman.
Thunderstorms tend to track along the northern edge of heat domes, which is setting up some parts of the central U.S. for multiple rounds of thunderstorms over the course of several days.