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Severe Weather and Heavy Rain for the Plains and Mid-Atlantic; Building Heat in the West

Severe thunderstorms will remain possible in the Mid-Atlantic through Tuesday. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will also be possible in the central/southern Plains on Tuesday and Wednesday. Hazardous heat will linger across the southern U.S. and build across the West through mid-week. Hot and dry weather will create Elevated to Critical fire weather conditions in the Four Corners Region. Read More >

Fig. 8. KMAF base reflectivity loop from 1828 to 1938 UTC shows convection associated with one of Claudette’s outer rainbands moving over the McDonald Observatory. This convection likely generated the relatively stronger winds noted on the Mount Fowlkes meteogram between 1830 and 1930 UTC.