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:
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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
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.