A very active weather pattern is unfolding across North America this week, featuring severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, and flooding risks from the Plains to the Great Lakes, while record-breaking heat expands across the East Coast. Meanwhile, winter-like conditions return to the Northwest and Rockies, and critical fire weather concerns develop in the High Plains. Outside the mainland U.S., Super Typhoon Sinlaku is expected to bring dangerous conditions to the Marianas through midweek.
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An active stretch of weather is ahead across much of the country. Strong to severe thunderstorms will bring the risk of large hail, damaging wind, a few tornadoes, and heavy rain from Texas into the Lower Mississippi Valley, Mid-South, and Southeast. At the same time, dry and windy conditions will keep fire weather concerns elevated across the Southern High Plains, while cooler air settles into the central and eastern U.S. later this week into the weekend.