Tornadoes, extreme wind and hail storms. We get it all in the D.C. area and the worst of the severe weather season is about to begin. Meteorologists at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., are watching conditions in our backyard.

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"There is this potential for a local maximum in organized thunderstorms because of the instability that can be generated there and because of the potential for smaller scale low pressure systems," said Greg Carbin, Warning Coordination Meteorologist NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center.

Carbin is working to improve those predictions. Last year the tornado count was near a record low, but wind events like the derecho were high. Today, they are researching how this chilly spring might impact severe storm development in 2013.

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