Weekly Weather Watch: Tuesday, September 17th, 2024
There is an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms is forecast across the high plains Tuesday, wind gusts up to 70mph and large hail are possible. Heavy rainfall continues along the East Coast from the tropical cyclone through mid-week. We are looking at heavy rainfall in the Central Plains and chance for tropical cyclone development in the Atlantic Basin. Plus, where is the snowfall. That’s all covered in this Weekly Weather Watch.
HEADLINERS:
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SEVERE WEATHER AREAS:
IN THE GAUGES:
Rainfall will favor the Northern Rockies and the Central to Northern Plains this week. Check out the 10-day totals!
GRAB A RULER:
TROPICAL TIDINGS:
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center has issued the final advisory on the remnants of Gordon, located over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean.1. Central Subtropical Atlantic (Remnants of Gordon) Disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the central tropical Atlantic are associated with the remnants of Gordon. This disturbance is forecast to interact with a non-tropical low to its north while moving north-northeastward at 5 to 10 mph during the next couple of days. Environmental conditions could become more conducive for redevelopment later this week, and a tropical depression or storm could form by this weekend while the system moves slowly northward over the central subtropical Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent. -NOAA’s NHC
RECORDS MADE TO BE BROKEN:
A handful of daily high temperature records are possible in the Upper Midwest through Ontario, as well as in Texas. A couple of daily record low temperatures are possible in the West.
ARE YOU CIRRUS?
On this day in weather history:
2004 Flooding and mudslides killed more than 3,000 people in Haiti in Hurricane Jeanne.
1932 A tropical storm struck Annapolis Valley in the Maritimes, destroying 300,000 barrels of apples in Nova Scotia.
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.