Weather
Strong winds impacting much of the Heartland
On the Plains, windy weather prevails across northern areas. Where snow fell, including parts of North Dakota, some travel disruptions continue. Meanwhile, cooler, less windy conditions are aiding wildfire containment efforts on the central and southern Plains, where Monday’s fires were driven by high winds.
Across the Corn Belt, recovery efforts are underway from Monday’s severe weather outbreak, which covered a broad area centered on Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. Currently, showers and thunderstorms continue to cross the southern and eastern Corn Belt, although the threat of wind damage and isolated tornadoes has diminished.
In the South, unfavorably dry conditions persist in parts of the Southeast, including much of Florida, where topsoil moisture was rated 56% very short to short on March 5. In contrast, showers and locally severe thunderstorms are spreading across the mid-South, mainly from Kentucky to northeastern Texas.
In the West, cool air remains in place across the northern half of the region as a Pacific storm begins to move ashore. As a result, significant snow is developing in the Cascades and spreading toward the northern Rockies.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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