Weather
Warmer and wetter across much of the Nation
As the storm system currently centered over the southern High Plains drifts northeastward and slowly weakens, a second storm will arrive across the nation’s mid-section. Early next week, yet another system will develop somewhere across the central or southern Plains. The trio of storms will result in widespread precipitation, gusty winds, and locally severe thunderstorms across a broad geographic area. Five-day rainfall totals could reach 2 to 4 inches in the mid-South and the middle Mississippi Valley, with 1- to 2-inch amounts common in many other locations across the central and eastern U.S. However, rainfall will largely bypass the far upper Midwest and the southern Atlantic region. Meanwhile, ongoing Western storminess could lead to 1- to 2-inch totals, along with high-elevation snow, in the northern and central Rockies and the northern Intermountain West. In northern California and the Pacific Northwest, 5-day totals could reach 2 to 6 inches.
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook for calls for the likelihood of warmer- and wetter-than-normal weather across the majority of the country. Below-normal temperatures will be limited to parts of the Southwest, while below-normal precipitation should be confined to California and southern Florida.
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