Weather
A stormy overnight on the southern Plains
On the Plains, a potent storm system is currently centered over Oklahoma. Significant rain continues to fall across portions of the central and southern Plains, causing local flooding but providing much-needed moisture for rangeland, pastures, and winter wheat. Parts of Oklahoma and Texas are also cleaning up from overnight thunderstorms that resulted in local wind and hail damage, as well as isolated tornadoes.
Across the Corn Belt, rain is overspreading Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska. In advance of an approaching storm system, dry weather covers the remainder of the Midwest.
In the South, warm, dry weather favors a rapid pace of planting and crop development. Showers and locally severe thunderstorms are pushing toward areas west of the Mississippi Delta. Florida’s peninsula remains especially dry; statewide topsoil moisture was rated 64% very short to short on March 26.
In the West, snow lingers across the southern Rockies. Meanwhile, a new Pacific storm is arriving across the Northwest, bearing heavy precipitation and increasing the threat of flooding.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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