…Elevated to Critical fire weather conditions are forecast today across
portions of the southern and northern Plains …
…There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Ohio
Valley, Appalachians, and the Mid-Atlantic region on Monday…
…A cold front will drop temperatures across the Midwest and East Coast
early this week, while the West continues to remain warm…
The fire weather threat will remain in the Critical category across
portions of the Southwest and southern Great Plains. Ahead of the cold
front moving in the region, wind gust around 20 mph and low relative
humidities will create favorable conditions for fire ignition and spread.
The northern Plains of Nebraska and South Dakota have a Elevated fire
weather risk as gusty post-frontal winds and low relative humidity will be
present. The Elevated fire weather risk looks to remain on Monday across
portions of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota with similar meteorological
parameters present.
Thunderstorms are expected to form Monday across the Ohio Valley,
Appalachians, and portions of the Mid-Atlantic ahead of a cold front
associated with a deepening storm system across the Great Lakes region.
The Storm Prediction Center has a Slight Risk for severe weather from
eastern Kentucky to western Pennsylvania. Hazards include a couple of
tornadoes, scattered damaging winds, and large hail. Flooding impacts are
not expected as the storms will be quickly progressing ahead of the
trough.
A cold front moving southward across the Plains and West will bring an end
to daily record warm high temperatures, but temperatures will quickly
rebound to above average as mid-level ridging once more takes hold of the
region. High temperature anomalies still look to be around 10-20 degrees
warmer than expected for this time of the year. The Southwest region from
California to Texas are expected to to reach the 80s and 90s in the early
part of the week. The Great Basin and Pacific Northwest can expect to see
high temperatures in the 60s to upper 70s except for towns in coastal
areas or high terrain which will likely be cooler. A developing cyclone
and associated cold front across the Great Lakes will bring another
chilly air mass across the Midwest and East Coast. Expect high
temperatures in the 30s and 40s across the upper Midwest on Monday and
beginning to filter eastward by Tuesday as the cold front moves through.
For the winter side, northern Maine could see some light snow
accumulations as a low pressure off the Northeast continues to supply
moisture today. Monday and Tuesday will see rain turn over to snow across
northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan on the back side of the low pressure. There are moderate chances
for snow accumulations between 4-8 inches in favorable locations. Lake
effect snowfall may also occur behind the cold front.
Graphics available at
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php
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