You read that right! An unusual setup could lay the foundation for strong-to-severe storms through the end of the week. All in a place that doesn't see many severe storms, the northwest.

SETUP

An upper low is sitting and spinning over the Great Basin out west. That puts our friends in the northwest on the northern side of this feature. Usually, you're looking at areas on the southern and eastern peripheries with the best dynamics for storms. Regardless, a strong corridor of winds is expected to spark storms each afternoon over the next few days, even if it feels upside down to us meteorologists.

IMPACTS

The biggest worry is damaging straight-line winds, some of which could surpass 70+ mph! There is a lot of wind energy with this system - it wouldn't take much of a storm to push some of those winds down to the ground. The area circled in blue is where some of those hurricane-force wind gusts could occur.

TIMING

Showers will be sporadic but strengthen each afternoon. Notice they'll rotate from east to west since we're staying north of the low spinning up these severe chances.