More hot weather for the Heartland

(Before It's News)

A cold front currently stretching from the Great Lakes region to Texas will continue to move southeastward, preceded and accompanied by showers and locally severe thunderstorms. Event-total rainfall could reach 1 to 2 inches from the Ohio Valley into the northern Mid-Atlantic States and southern New England, but generally lighter amounts will fall across the southern and eastern Corn Belt. The front will stall across the South, where hot weather will persist.

During the weekend, heat will also begin to rebuild across the Plains. By early next week, above-normal temperatures will again prevail in most areas east of the Rockies.

Elsewhere, a resurgent monsoon circulation will continue to generate thunderstorms in the Four Corners States, while scattered showers can be expected to return to the southern and western Corn Belt during the weekend.

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- to above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions along the Pacific Coast. Meanwhile, below-normal rainfall on the central and southern Plains and from the Pacific Northwest to the northern High Plains will contrast with wetter-than-normal weather from the upper Midwest southeastward into the Mid-Atlantic States, including much of the Corn Belt.

NOAA’s 6- to 10- Day Outlook

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