RV Weather

• Today is the first day of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season and on cue, Tropical Depression 02 has formed in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico. Minimal threat to the U.S. coastline.
• High pressure still anchored firmly over the Central U.S. Only slow changes in the day-to-day weather.
• Chances for organized severe thunderstorms are low throughout this period.

• Back to the future? By the end of the week, the atmosphere could revert to the pattern we just had this past week: extensive showers, thunderstorms and some severe weather in the Rockies and High Plains, a coastal low over the Southeast, and dry conditions for the Midwest and Northeast.
• Increased chance of severe thunderstorm potential the latter half of this week over the southern High Plains, central and southern Texas.

• Slow-moving coastal storm brings rain and wind to the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic through the holiday weekend.
• Blocking upper air pattern leads to weather that changes little from day to day for any individual location.
• Daily chances of severe thunderstorms. Most will be east of the southern Rockies or over the Central and Southern High Plains.

• Overall a quiet Springtime weather pattern across the United States.
• Minimal severe weather this weekend. Some severe weather potential returns to the High Plains early next week.
• Much above normal temperatures for the Pacific Northwest and portions of California, the Great Basin and Inter-Mountain West. This warmth expands to the Northern Rockies and Northern Plains by early next week.

Extended outlooks are more general in nature and higher level than the daily short term forecasts. Beyond a week, there is often significant uncertainty in the location and intensity of specific weather events. I will note where there is less, or greater, confidence than normal in these extended outlooks. Click here for animations of the […]