 There'll be some spotty afternoon thunderstorms across the west as well over a wide area. Looking into the northern plains into the Great Lakes, severe weather will once again become quite significant and widespread today with some heavier showers and thunderstorms in a few areas early this morning from Michigan to central Illinois. Another area of heavier thunderstorms will continue in Minnesota early today and then move into parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois into the afternoon and then continue to the south and east to Michigan, Indiana, and even western Ohio tonight.