Weather

An active pattern continues

Cool conditions across the nation’s mid-section will be quickly replaced by near- or above-normal temperatures during the weekend. Meanwhile, late-season heat will persist in the East and expand to encompass much of the West. During the next 5 days, the circulation around a ridge of high pressure parked over the southeastern U.S. will lead to a clockwise, “ring of fire” pattern of thunderstorms stretching from the southern Rockies across the central Plains and into the Northeast, and from the southern Atlantic States westward along the Gulf Coast. Most of the interior Southeast and the Mid-Atlantic region will remain dry, along with the Far West.

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions in northern and central California and the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, near- to below-normal rainfall from California to the middle and lower Mississippi Valley will contrast with wetter-than-normal weather along the Gulf Coast and across the northern and eastern U.S.

5-Day Precipitation Totals

NOAA’s 6- to 10- Day Outlook

NOAA’s 8- to 14- Day Outlook