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Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, October 6th, 2026

The weather pattern is about to make a pretty sharp turn across the country. California starts the week with unusual October heat, including highs well into the 90s and even lower 100s in the Central Valley. Meanwhile, much cooler fall air has reached the Great Lakes and Northeast. The Gulf Coast and Southeast stay unsettled, and there’s that record to watch: a tropical depression is likely to develop over the Gulf this week and could strengthen as it moves northeast. If it becomes a hurricane after the 8th, 2026 will have the latest-first hurricane in the Atlantic Basin record.

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Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, October 6th, 2026

The weather pattern is about to make a pretty sharp turn across the country. California starts the week with unusual October heat, including highs well into the 90s and even lower 100s in the Central Valley. Meanwhile, much cooler fall air has reached the Great Lakes and Northeast. The Gulf Coast and Southeast stay unsettled, and there’s that record to watch: a tropical depression is likely to develop over the Gulf this week and could strengthen as it moves northeast. If it becomes a hurricane after the 8th, 2026 will have the latest-first hurricane in the Atlantic Basin record.

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Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, September 29th, 2026
Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, September 29th, 2026

Pacific tropical moisture will drive one of the bigger weather stories this week as it gets pulled north into a slow-moving storm over the Southwest. New Mexico and western Texas face the greatest flash-flood threat early in the week, before heavy rain expands across the Southern Plains, Central Plains and Midwest. Some areas could pick up 3 to 6 inches of rain, with locally higher totals. The wet pattern won’t end quickly either, with the threat gradually shifting east toward the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys later this week and into the weekend. Meanwhile, the Nor’easter affecting New England is winding down, while late-season heat hangs on across southern Texas and eventually builds across parts of the West.

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Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026
Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026

A busy weather pattern will bring several areas of concern through the next week. New Mexico and west Texas face the first significant threat as tropical moisture fuels rounds of heavy rain Tuesday and Wednesday, raising the risk of flash flooding and debris flows near recent burn scars. Farther east, showers and thunderstorms will produce pockets of heavy rain from the Ohio Valley and Southeast into the Mid-Atlantic. By late week, attention shifts to a slow-moving coastal storm near the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, where several days of onshore winds could bring heavy rain, coastal flooding, high surf and beach erosion. Meanwhile, cooler weather settles into much of the northern and eastern U.S., while summerlike warmth hangs on across the southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley.

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Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, September 15th, 2026
Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, September 15th, 2026

Late-summer weather is hanging on across the south-central U.S., where another stretch of hot, humid days will continue through much of the week. Farther north and west, heavy rain will be the bigger concern. Several rounds of thunderstorms could produce flooding from the Central Plains into the Upper Midwest, while monsoon moisture keeps showers and storms active across the Southwest and Southern Rockies. The pattern begins to change later this week, allowing the southern heat to ease while the focus for heavier rain shifts east toward the Great Lakes and Northeast. A frost possible across Canada, with a first freeze more likely for Quebec and the Maritimes.

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Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, September 8th, 2026
Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, September 8th, 2026

The main story this week is a sharp contrast across the country. Tropical Storm Edouard brings heavy rain, coastal flooding concerns and strong winds to Upper Texas and southwestern Louisiana through Wednesday, while rounds of thunderstorms may produce severe weather and localized flash flooding from the Great Lakes and Northeast into the Mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, a stubborn late-summer heat wave holds across the Central and Southern Plains and spreads east before a cold front brings some relief this weekend. Out West, the Pacific Northwest stays unusually cool and showery, while monsoonal moisture increases the chance for locally heavy rain and flash flooding across the Southwest.

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Weekly Weather Watch: Monday, December 4th, 2023

‘Tis the SEA-son: Winter is when El Niño and La Niña conditions typically peak. This current El Niño event gained some strength in the SEA surface conditions during November, now 3rd strongest among events since 1980; however, the atmosphere is far less excited about it. The impact of El Niño will continue through this winter, and we will see more of its influence this month. The December weather outlook was published on the 1st for members.

For this week, a warm-before-the-storm. Many of us will warm up during the workweek before a system crosses the country by the weekend. Record-setting temperatures are shown here before a trough swings through in a few days to cool us off.

This next system should be watched closely for travel impacts, especially for those in the Rocky Mountain region late week or those headed East next weekend. You’ll see the weather areas in the animation below, a forecast radar product going through the weekend.

From that system, we have water - lots of water. Total precipitation is shown here, with several inches for the Northwest and healthy totals for the East, too.

Part of that total precipitation will be in the form of snow. For parts of the West, it has been a late show for snow, and basins here are well below average, so added snowfall will be nice.

Bottom-line: This week will have its most active weather for the Northwest and East, but the Rockies need to be watching a system for late week and weekend, slight changes to its path may increase snowfall impact on areas from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Amarillo, Texas. Colorado peeps, details for the state, Denver, and Colorado Springs from my partners at Weather5280.

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