Areas of Dangerous Heat and Severe Thunderstorms

Dangerous heat will persist across the Southwest U.S. through Friday 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. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the Northeast U.S. on Thursday. Damaging wind, hail, and a tornado or two are possible. 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.