Long range forecasts

Category: Long range forecasts

Periodic longer range weather forecast outlooks

Heat most persistent across Texas and the immediate Gulf Coast. Heat Index values could reach 120 deg F next week.
Heavy rains this Sunday through Tuesday, moving west to east from the upper Great Lakes to New England, respectively.
Severe thunderstorms likely from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic Region this coming Sunday and Monday.

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Welcome to the Dog Days of Summer: Heat continues in the Southwest, and returns to Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley.
Escape the heat by heading to New England — high temperatures much of next week in the 70’s.
Daily severe weather possible, triggered by weak disturbances sliding through the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic region.
Watching the central tropical Atlantic for development. Conditions will become favorable in a few days, but current threat to the East Coast is minimal.

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Heat migrates from the West to the Central U.S. and then to the Northeast by the latter part of the week.
Drier week than normal, but some heavier rains possible by the end of the week around the southern Great Lakes region.
Cooler than normal this week for the Pacific Northwest; cooler than normal next week for New England.

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Persistent upper level high pressure over the Four-Corners region locks in another week of the heat wave for Texas and parts of the West.
A drier week ahead, with fewer severe thunderstorms and flooding rain events.
Where to go? New England and the Pacific Northwest should have pleasant temperatures for most of this period.

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High pressure over the Four Corners States brings another week of near record-breaking hot temperatures to Texas and the Southwest.
Low pressure trough allows weak cold fronts and moisture to concentrate over the part of the Midwest and the Northeast.
Severe thunderstorms likely this Friday over the Northeast.

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High pressure builds over Arizona, bringing record-high heat to much of the West and South.
A small low pressure trough allows weak cold fronts and moisture to concentrate over the Midwest, the East and especially New England.
Severe thunderstorms possible each day somewhere across the Plains to the Midwest and Northeast.

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Heat builds over the Desert Southwest and interior California; heat persists across the country along and south of I-40.
Bands of rains over the central Plains, Mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and the Northeast.
Severe thunderstorms possible each day somewhere across the Plains to the Midwest and Northeast.

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Near record warmth continues for much of the Southwest, parts of Texas, and the central and southern Florida Peninsula.
Strong and severe thunderstorms will be a daily occurrence over the central and southern High Plains and the Plains.
Heavy rains this period for the Mid-South, Deep South, eastern Mid-Atlantic region and the Northeast.

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High pressure over the West Coast funnels relatively cool air into the Plains and Upper Midwest this week.
Periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms, some severe, on the boundary between warm and cooler air.
Record warms for portions of the interior Pacific Northwest, the Southwest, and Florida.

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Heat in the West, heat in the East, relatively cool for the northern Rockies and northern High Pains.
Weak jet streams will enhance the chances for severe weather, first over the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic regions, then over the central and northern Plains.
Heavy rains for the Midwest on Sunday, moving into Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey Monday and Tuesday.

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