One word. Brrrr. This week, an Arctic air mass is heading south through the central U.S., bringing some seriously cold weather, with record-breaking low temps likely. Expect sub-freezing temperatures to stretch all the way down to the Gulf Coast. On top of that, heavy snow is moving from the Rockies today, heading across the central Plains, Ozarks, Tennessee Valley, North Carolina, and into the southern Mid-Atlantic states by Wednesday.
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The last week of July and start of August brings no shortage of impactful weather across North America. Severe thunderstorms, flash flooding, and prolonged dangerous heat are the major concerns through the first few days of August. The Plains and Midwest face several rounds of thunderstorms, while the Southwest continues to battle flash flood threats from monsoonal rains. A late-week cold front shifts the storm focus to the Carolinas and Southeast, and finally begins to erode the long-standing heat wave gripping the central and eastern U.S.