Severe threat just about over

Update: A brief tornado warning for radar indicated rotation was issued for Oakland county in the remaining slight risk area just after I made this post, however it was quickly cancelled. There are no reports of any tornadoes touching down as of this hour.

Short of a small slight-risk area remaining in extreme SE Michigan, the likelihood of any severe thunderstorms is pretty much nil.

Today's severe weather potential looks to have been even more deceptive than Wednesday's; there just wasn't enough energy to sustain updrafts.  Storms actually formed in two phases - one right behind the other.  The first round of storms fizzled out and tempered the atmosphere before the second phase, which looked like it had the potential to be more intense, could get going.

With today over, we're going to begin an extended dry period, with very little chance of rain currently apparent over the next week.  More on that in the next post.