Areas of Dangerous Heat and Severe Thunderstorms

Dangerous heat will build across the Southwest U.S. through the end of the week with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Heat across the southern Plains will briefly ease to near-normal by late week before returning over much of the Plains into next week. Severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of the central and southern High Plains, central Great Lakes, and Ozarks Wednesday. Read More >

Three Day Forecast: WEDNESDAY, August 26, 2026

Conditions become gradually more humid through the rest of the week as a tropical air mass returns to the Mid-Atlantic. Shower & thunderstorm chances peak on Thursday, with a few severe thunderstorms possible. Showers & thunderstorms remain possible on Friday as the associated frontal boundary transitions offshore. Temperatures range in the upper 70s and 80s during the day.