SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX) – The jump in temperatures this week may bring the first real threat of severe weather to much of the northern plains.

Peter Rogers, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, says severe weather chances can follow the heat.

Rogers says they don’t get a lot of long term guidance on severe weather.

Rogers says there hasn’t been a real active severe weather season for several years.

Rogers says June is normally the peak time for severe weather in the area.