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An unseasonably cool pattern ahead for the Heartland

A slow-moving cold front will trigger showers and thunderstorms as it tracks across the northern and central Plains into the Corn Belt, reaching the Atlantic Coast States by Monday. Rain will be heaviest in the Great Lakes region, where totals could top 2 inches in potentially severe thunderstorms. Ahead of the front, sweltering heat will briefly expand from the southern Plains into the Southeast, with highs approaching or topping 100° before the front’s arrival. Behind the cold front, sharply cooler weather will settle over most of the nation east of the Rockies by Tuesday. Meanwhile, the tail end of the front will stall across the central Rockies and southern Plains, where locally heavy downpours are possible by early next week.

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for much-below-normal temperatures from the central Rockies to the East Coast, while hotter-than-normal conditions prevail west of the Rockies. Drier-than-normal conditions are expected from the northern Pains into the Corn Belt, while above-normal rainfall develops from the Great Basin to the southern Plains and Delta.

5-Day Precipitation Totals

NOAA’s 6- to 10- Day Outlook

NOAA’s 8- to 14- Day Outlook

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