Weekly Weather Watch: Monday, June 3rd, 2024
I hope you had a nice weekend; the weather was quite active across the Central U.S. and Oklahoma is still getting thunderstorm complexes this morning. Let’s look at what’s ahead this week as severe weather continues, as well as record-setting temperatures building throughout the week.
Heavy precipitation hits the Cascades & northern Rockies today and tomorrow over the Upper Midwest centered on Minnesota.
Heat increases through the week for the West, especially California’s Central Valley and Texas. Records are likely for many locations here.
Slight risk for heavy precipitation over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic next week.
Slight risk for heavy precipitation over south-central states and Mississippi Valley next week
Rapid onset drought risk across parts of southern Texas.
Rapid onset drought risk over the central Florida Peninsula.
Here’s an image summarizing those threat areas:
This animation will show you the storm timeline for the week: NOTE, severe/damaging thunderstorms are possible each day for various regions. Please find your preferred social media channel to receive those updates as I post them each morning. Links to social sites
Of that storm activity, here are the estimated precipitation totals for the week. Osage Country has more heavy totals coming their way. Not a bad look for Colorado, Northern New Mexico and Western Kansas too. Northern parts of the Canadian Prairies will have more water on the way.
It was almost not worth running the snow map today, but parts of B.C. have snow to look forward to.
Perhaps one of the bigger headlines you’ll hear or see throughout the week will be the heat. Here is a summary of possible record-setting temperatures ahead through Sunday.
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Have a great week, -Matt
As we close out 2025 and ring in the new year, the weather pattern stays anything but quiet. A multi-day lake-effect snow event is burying areas downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario, where over 3 feet of snow could fall in the most persistent bands—creating whiteout squalls and treacherous travel through New Year's Day. Meanwhile, Arctic air is spilling deep into the Southeast, sending temperatures below freezing as far south as Florida, with frost and freeze alerts in place. On the other side of the country, a Pacific storm system will bring rounds of heavy rain and a flash flood threat to Southern California, especially around Los Angeles, starting late New Year's Eve. Elsewhere, a couple of fast-moving clippers will spread freezing rain and snow to Alberta, then snow across the Midwest, Ohio Valley, and into New England, while a developing storm may bring soaking rain and thunderstorms from the Deep South to the Southeast Coast by the weekend. Even Northern California faces an atmospheric river event late week, setting the stage for an active and disruptive start to 2026.