Travel & RV Weather Forecast Monday 4 April

** High Impact Weather Days Monday through Wednesday ** High winds over much of the northwestern quadrant of the U.S. Severe weather outbreak likely today and Tuesday over northeast Texas, then moving into the Southeast.

Widespread high winds from Washington and Oregon, through Idaho to Montana and Wyoming today and Tuesday.
High winds expand to the Northern and Central Plains starting Tuesday afternoon and continuing on Wednesday.
Snow in the Cascades and moves into the mountains of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and northeast Utah.
A broad area of severe thunderstorm potential exists today across central/eastern Texas, and spreads east into the Lower Mississippi Valley and Southeast tonight and Tuesday.

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For detailed weather information or routing recommendations, please submit an RV Weather Routing Request. Your local forecasts are always available here. Below are some highlights of significant weather, grouped by time zone:

Pacific:

— Western WA; western OR; central and eastern WA; northern ID; north-central, east-central, southeast and east-central OR; northeast CA; central and northern NV: High Wind Warnings and Advisories through tonight. Wind gusts generally 50-60 mph. Major highways impacted include I-5, I-80, I-82, I-90, US-395.

— Southwest Puget Sound WA: Flood Watch through this evening for heavy rain. I-5 potentially impacted.

— WA Olympic and Cascade Mountains of WA and OR: Winter Storm Warnings through Tuesday morning. Snow levels 2500 feet in WA, rising to 4000 feet in OR. Additional accumulations of 4-8 inches at 2500 feet and up to 2 feet at higher elevations. Winds gusting 40-50 mph. I-90 impacted.

— Southern CA Ventura and Los Angeles County Mountains: High Wind Warnings and Advisories this afternoon through Tuesday evening. Gusts 50-65mph. Winds will be strongest after this evening. I-5, I-10, US-101 impacted.

— Southern CA parts of the Mojave Desert: Wind Advisories this afternoon through Tuesday morning. Gusts to 55 mph. CA-58 impacted.

Mountain:

— MT except northeast corner of state; eastern and southern ID; most of WY; northern and central UT: High Wind Warnings and Advisories through Tuesday. Wind gusts generally 50-60 mph, except up to 75 mph in some of the normally windier areas (Livingston MT, southeast WY). I-15, I-25, I-70, I-80, I-90, I-94 impacted.

— Eastern MT; northeast WY; southwest ND; western SD; northeast and east-central CO; western NE; NM along the I-40 corridor; NM along the I-25 corridor north of Albuquerque: High Wind Watches Tuesday and Tuesday night. Gusts 60-75 mph. I-25, I-40, I-70, I-76, I-80, I-90 impacted.

— Northwest MT; western WY; northeast UT; Central CO Rockies west of I-25: Winter Storm Warnings (central ID) and Advisories through Tuesday. Snow accumulations range from a few inches below 5000 feet to 6-12 inches above 7000 feet. Winds gusting. 50-70 mph in the mountains. I-15, I-70 (CO), I-80 (UT), I-90 impacted.

Central:

— Western and south-central SD: High Wind Watch Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. Gusts to 75 mph. I-90. Impacted.

— ND; SD; NE; KS; IA; western MN: Expect high winds Wednesday with gusts 45-65 mph. Warnings and advisories likely. I-29, I-35, I-70, I-80, I-90, I-94 impacted.

— Eastern TX; southern AR; most of LA; southern MS: A broad area of severe thunderstorm potential will exist through tonight. Damaging wind gusts, large to very large hail and tornadoes will all be possible. Greatest risk centered along the I-20 corridor from Dallas to Montgomery. I-10, I-20, I-30, I-45, I-49, I-55, I-59 potentially impacted.

— Northeast TX; southern AR; northern LA: Slight risk of flash flooding today and tonight from heavy rains. I-20, I-30, I-35, I-49 potentially impacted.

— Southeast LA; southern and central MS; southern and central AL; FL Panhandle: A broad area of severe-thunderstorm potential will exist on Tuesday. A swath of damaging wind gusts and several tornadoes are possible. Highest risk across southern MS, AL, GA and SC. I-10, I-12, I-20, I-55, I-59, I-65 potentially impacted.

— Southern and southeast MS; most of AL: Slight risk of flash flooding Tuesday and Tuesday night from heavy rains. I-10, I-20, I-59, I-65 potentially impacted.

Eastern:

— Southern GA, southeast SC: A swath of damaging wind gusts and several tornadoes are possible Tuesday or Tuesday night. I-16, I-26, I-75, I-95 potentially impacted.

— Most of GA, Upstate SC: Slight risk of flash flooding Tuesday and Tuesday night from heavy rains. I-16, I-20, I-26, I-75, I-85 potentially impacted.