Weather

A drier pattern for the Heartland

A slow-moving cold front will provide the focus for locally heavy, early- to mid-week rainfall across portions of the East and Midwest. Heavy rain will continue in the Northeast through Thursday, while scattered showers will linger through week’s end from the Great Lakes region to the northern and central Appalachians. Five-day rainfall totals could reach 1 to 3 inches or more in the East and lower Midwest. A brief period of cooler weather will trail the rain, but warmth will quickly return to the High Plains by mid-week and much of the remainder of the U.S. by week’s end. Dry weather will prevail across the remainder of the country, except for some locally heavy showers from the Pacific Northwest to the northern Rockies.

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- to below-normal temperatures across most of the eastern half of the U.S., while warmer-than-normal weather will cover Florida, Maine, and the western half of the nation. Meanwhile, near- to below-normal precipitation in most areas of the country will contrast with wetter-than-normal conditions in southern Florida and the Pacific Northwest.

5-Day Precipitation Totals

NOAA’s 6- to 10- Day Outlook

NOAA’s 8- to 14- Day Outlook