TITLE: National Weather Briefing — Wednesday, October 28, 2026 DESCRIPTION: A substance-only national weather briefing built entirely from the latest National Weather Service products issued Wednesday evening, October 28, 2026. • Surface map: 1006 mb low over Manitoba, 1009 mb secondary low over northern Wisconsin, cold front into the mid Missouri Valley, 1030–1035 mb Canadian high, amplified East Coast ridge, and a 956 mb North Atlantic low deepening to 942 mb under a Hurricane Force Wind Warning • Severe weather: SPC Marginal Risk for southeast Minnesota and Wisconsin — 500–1200 J/kg MLCAPE, 40–50 kt low-level jet, a brief tornado near Danbury, WI, and 3-inch hail near Grove City, MN • Records: Green Bay 74, Madison 74, Sault Ste. Marie 67, Waterloo tied 78, Utqiagvik and Kotzebue tied, Hilo 89, San Juan tied 94; O'Hare 76, 19 degrees above normal • Chicago: full NWS Chicago Area Forecast Discussion — Thursday's cold front, radiational cooling Thursday night, and a >60% shower and storm chance Friday night into Saturday • Snow: ex-Typhoon Champi (961 mb) in the Bering Sea, a 100–130 kt jet streak and atmospheric river, 7–15 inches for the northern Susitna Valley, freezing rain near Willow, Brooks Range snow, Cascades and Marias Pass snow • Tropics: no Atlantic development expected for 7 days; Tropical Depression Vance at 30 kt with an exposed center; 20% central Pacific area • Flooding: WPC Slight Risk for West Texas and Arizona, precipitable water above the 99th percentile, and a near-record atmospheric river into Arizona Sunday • Next week: possibly the strongest Plains storm of the fall, 990–1002 mb, with mountain snow in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico Every technical term is defined. TAGS: weather, weather podcast, national weather, weather briefing, meteorology, NWS, National Weather Service, area forecast discussion, Storm Prediction Center, SPC, National Hurricane Center, NH Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-across-america--4910617/support. This episode includes AI-generated content.