Portland, Dallas to Miami are just a few cities with thunderstorm potential today. The greatest chances for severe thunderstorms will be for parts of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle and Portland are under a rare level 2 slight risk for severe issued by the Storm Prediction Center. We've also been smashing heat records, which is fueling storms so we are watching a handful of areas over the next 3 days with thunderstorm potential and even severe.

More on the Today's Severe Threat: Today's Severe Potential

This comes as nearly the entire country feels temperatures warmer than normal this time of year.

Wednesday's High Temps

This Week's Severe Potential

There are also several areas we are watching for severe weather into the rest of the work week. Tune into WeatherNation for the latest details.

Severe Outlooks have also been issued for Sunday and Monday as we round out an active March.