Weather
Summer-like warmth and rainfall ahead
A storm system currently developing over the nation’s mid-section will drift eastward. As a result, heavy showers and locally severe thunderstorms will gradually spread from the Plains into the Midwestern and Mid- Atlantic States. Five-day rainfall totals could reach 1 to 3 inches along and near the path of the storm. Locally heavy showers will also develop in the eastern Gulf Coast region, while little or no rain will fall in California and the Southwest. Elsewhere, scattered Northwestern showers could produce local totals in excess of an inch. Generally cool conditions in the West will contrast with an early-season heat wave across the central U.S.
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for above-normal temperatures nearly nationwide, while cooler-than-normal conditions will be limited to parts of the Carolinas. Meanwhile, near- to below-normal rainfall across most of the country will contrast with wetter-than-normal weather along and near the Gulf Coast.
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