Good Friday Morning!

Very busy day expected in Europe today with 37,000 flights anticipated. Unfortunately, per the latest Australia AIP no provisions are made for GA parking at the new Western Sydney airport (YSWS) which is planned to open in October.

Critical weather days/space Weather alerts – no critical weather days are in effect through Sunday. No geomagnetic storms expected.

CONUS severe weather outlook – Saturday and Sunday look to be fairly active across portions of the central US. Main concern on Saturday afternoon/evening will be over the Central Plains where large to very large hail and severe winds are possible. Slight risk will exist on Sunday along a frontal zone from the Central High Plains to parts of the Mid-MS valley.

Tropical weather outlook – TD 07W, 180 miles West of Andersen AFB is moving WNW at 13 knots. Expect rapid intensification from Saturday through Monday under favorable upper air conditions followed by a slow weakening trend. Good news is that it will not affect the Philippines or Taiwan during it’s life cycle.

Europe outlook – UK met office has issued an amber extreme heat warning for Monday and Tuesday for portions of Southern England and Wales with daytime highs approaching 34C with warm overnight lows struggling to get below 20C. Very rare Mesoscale Discussion issued from estofex for severe thunderstorms from NE France to Belgium/Netherlands through 13z today. Main weather feature over the continent will be the presence of a the very strong upper level ridge through at least Tuesday however with daytime heating and weak shortwaves there remains a possibility of a few daytime thunderstorms which could bring very gusty winds and brief heavy rain with the high dewpoint air present.

Images courtesy of wxcharts.com, pivotal weather.com, tropical tidbits.com, UK met office, Weather prediction center, weathernerds.org, Tomer tropical weather and the joint typhoon warning center.