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Hot weather on the southwestern Plains

Across the Corn Belt, cool weather has returned to the Great Lakes region, but near- to above-normal temperatures cover the remainder of the Midwest. Rain showers are mostly confined to two small areas: parts of Ohio and the upper Mississippi Valley.

On the Plains, dry weather accompanies unusual warmth. For the third day in a row, temperatures will approach, reach, or exceed 90° across portions of the drought-stricken southern High Plains.

In the South, warm, dry weather continues to promote an acceleration of spring planting and other fieldwork, except in areas—such as parts of central and southern Mississippi and southwestern Alabama—where lowlands are flooded or soils remain too wet.

In the West, warm, dry weather continues, despite an increase in cloudiness in California and the Southwest. This week’s warmth has begun to melt mountain snowpack in the Sierra Nevada and elsewhere in the West.

Morning Low Temperature Plot

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Forecast High Temperatures (National)

National Snow Cover Map

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