Breakfast brief: Severe threat spreads eastward

The busy week of severe weather continues Thursday, with more storms likely from Texas into the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.

The WeatherRadar remains active across several broad spots of the U.S.

The broadest area of concern runs from eastern and central Texas eastward across the South into the Mid-Atlantic. A broad storm system will produce widespread thunderstorms and downpours. The thunderstorms could produce damaging winds and large hail.

A lingering upper-level system remains stationed over the north-central Rockies and Mountain West. As it swirls in place, it will produce more high elevation snow while keeping the interior West unseasonably cold. wilwill produce more late-season snow across the northern Rockies, with rain falling over the highest Plains. This system will keep the Interior West cold for early May, with highs once again struggling to climb out of the 40s and 50s, with 30s found across the higher elevations.

The West Coast will finally get a chance to warm up and experience some spring temperatures, finally. Seattle and Portland, Ore., could approach 80 degrees.

Here is what we are watching:

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