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A more active tropical pattern arrives
Late-summer warmth will cover much of the U.S. though mid-week, but a surge of cooler air will subsequently arrive across the Midwest and East. Cool conditions will also overspread the Northwest. Meanwhile, there is considerable uncertainty regarding the fate of Tropical Depressions Eight and Nine, although both systems have the potential to become tropical storms and produce heavy rainfall. The greatest likelihood of heavy rain exists across Florida’s peninsula, where 5-day rainfall totals could reach 2 to 8 inches or more. The other area of organized rainfall will stretch from the southern Rockies to the central Plains, where 1- to 3-inch totals can be expected. Elsewhere, mostly dry weather will prevail from California to northern sections of the Plains and Rockies, and from the mid-South into the Mid-Atlantic States.
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures from the Plains to the Atlantic Coast, while cooler-than-normal conditions can be expected in the Far West. Meanwhile, near- to below-normal rainfall across most of the country will contrast with wetter-than-normal weather from the Pacific Northwest into the upper Midwest.
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