Travel and RV Weather Extended Outlook through Sunday 14 May

• No big storms, but lots of moisture and instability will lead to heavy showers and thunderstorms across much of the Western Plains and Central U.S.
• Most significant severe weather threat this period will be Thursday, from western Nebraska to the Texas Panhandle.
• Snow in the Colorado Rockies Thursday and Friday: Heads up I-70.

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.

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From the RV Weather Summer Office in Moose Wyoming

Big Picture for the coming week and next weekend:

• No big storms, but lots of moisture and instability will lead to heavy showers and thunderstorms across much of the Western Plains and Central U.S.
• Texas in particular will see a lot of rain.
• Most significant severe weather threat this period will be Thursday, from western Nebraska to the Texas Panhandle.
• Snow in the Colorado Rockies Thursday and Friday: Heads up I-70.

Temperature and Precipitation Outlook:

• Warmer than normal in the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies.
• Warmer than normal for most of the U.S. east of the Rockies, except for Texas.
• Cooler than normal in the Great Basin, Southwest, and western and southern Texas.
• Wetter than normal over the western and northern Plains.
• Much wetter than normal over most of Texas and New Mexico.
• Somewhat wetter than normal over the Midwest, Mid-south, and lower Mississippi Valley.
• Drier than normal over California and the Great Basin.
• Drier than normal over the Northeast.
• Slightly drier than normal over the Southeast, and central and southern Florida Peninsula.

Highlights by day (9 – 14 May):

1. Tuesday:
   • Snow for east-central Oregon, central Idaho.
   • Heavy rain for southeast Texas.
   • Slight risk of severe thunderstorms over Oklahoma and Kansas.
2. Wednesday:
   • Strong winds over the Four-Corners States.
   • Heavy rain for the Western, Central and Southern Plains.
   • Heavy rain for east Texas.
   • Severe thunderstorms possible over the Great Plains.
3. Thursday:
   • Snow for the Colorado Rockies.
   • Heavy rain for Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas, east of the Rockies.
   • Risk of severe thunderstorms over western Nebraska, western Kansas, western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.
4. Friday:
   • Snow for the Colorado Rockies.
   • Heavy rain for western and central Texas.
5. Saturday:
   • Heavy rain for Texas.
6. Sunday:
   • Strong winds over southern New Mexico.
   • Heavy rain for Texas, much of Oklahoma and eastern New Mexico,

More Highlights (from the National Weather Service):

• NWS Highlights will return on Tuesday. Click here for the latest National Weather Service 3-7 Day outlook

Outlook for the latter part of May and into early June (a 2-4 week outlook is by definition low confidence!):

• Through the third week of May:
  • Drier than normal for the Western, Northern, and Central Plains.
  • Wetter than normal for New Mexico, the Southeast and Florida.
  • Warmer than normal in the West, the northern and central Rockies, and the Northern and Central Plains
    • These temperatures could set up significant flooding issues from snowmelt.
  • Cooler than normal over most of New Mexico and Texas, the Southern Plains, Midwest, Mid-South, and the lower Mississippi Valley.
• By the end of May:
  • Cooler than normal over eastern Texas, the Mid-South and the Southeast.
• Through the first week of June:
  • Temperatures at or below average for the continental U.S.