Severe Winter Storms Dominate Headlines, Derechos Absent Across U.S.

Listeners, in the past week leading up to February 5, 2026, no derechos or widespread, long-lived destructive windstorms from lines of rapidly moving thunderstorms have been reported across the United States. FOX Weather reports that recent severe weather has instead involved a historic nor’easter off the North Carolina coast, bringing record snowfall over a foot deep to parts of Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Virginia, along with wind gusts up to 70 mph in Nags Head. This storm rapidly intensified with a 33-millibar pressure drop in 24 hours as arctic air clashed with Gulf moisture, but it produced snow and high winds rather than the convective thunderstorm lines defining a derecho. The National Weather Service and UCAR news on new high-resolution climate simulations from the MESACLIP project, run partly on the Derecho supercomputer, highlight modeling of extreme precipitation and storms but note no real-world derecho events in the latest data. Social media and news scans from Fox News, CBS, and PAHO confirm focus on winter storms, rescues like K-9 Bo in North Carolina snow, and health alerts, with zero mentions of thunderstorm-driven windstorms. Derechos typically thrive in warmer months with strong convective activity, making them rare in this winter period. Stay prepared for shifting patterns as models predict potential increases in extreme events. Thank you for tuning in, listeners—come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for me, check out Quiet Please Dot A I.

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