hazardous weather outlook
Definition
A formal product issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) that warns of potential severe weather, flooding, or dangerous environmental conditions expected to occur in the upcoming days.
A meteorologist's diplomatic way of saying 'you should probably cancel your picnic before the sky decides to turn into an apocalyptic disaster zone.'
Examples
I checked the hazardous weather outlook and realized my choice to move to the Midwest was just a long-term commitment to basement-dwelling during storm season.
The office manager ignored the hazardous weather outlook, confident that our morale-boosting pizza party could somehow repel a Level 4 severe thunderstorm.
Issuing a hazardous weather outlook is the meteorologist's version of a party invitation where the 'plus one' is a category three tornado.