Travel & RV Weather Forecast Tuesday 31 May

The threat of severe weather and locally heavy rainfall is forecast to rapidly develop from parts of the Upper Midwest into the Southern Plains later today.
Snow for the high elevations of Colorado I-70 this evening and early Wednesday.
Strong winds today for the Dakotas.
Above average temperatures are expected in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

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Pacific:

— Northern and central CA Sacramento and northern San Joaquin valleys: Wind gusts up to 30 mph through this evening. Advisories not likely. I-5, I-80, CA-99 impacted.

— Southern CA Los Angeles County Mountains: Wind Advisory through mid-morning. Gusts to 45 mph. I-5 impacted.

Mountain:

— Northwest WY, south-central MT: Winter Storm Warnings through midday today. Total accumulations up to 1-3 feet of snow in the Absaroka, Beartooth and Big Horn Mountains. Wind gusts 25-40 mph.

— North-central CO higher elevations: Winter Weather Advisories this afternoon through midday Wednesday. Total accumulations 4-12 inches. I-70 impacted.

— South-central CO and north-central NM: Wind gusts 35-40 mph this afternoon. Advisories unlikely. I-25 impacted.

Central:

— ND, northern SD: Wind Advisories through this evening. Gusts 45-55 mph. I-29, I-94 impacted.

— Northeast MN (Arrowhead), northern WI: Wind Advisory through this afternoon. Gusts to 45 mph. I-35 impacted.

— Northern and central IL; southeast IA; northern and central MO; southeast KS; central and northeast OK; TX Panhandle: Severe thunderstorms with large hail, damaging wind gusts and perhaps a couple of tornadoes are possible late this afternoon and this evening. I-27, I-35, I-39, I-40, I-44, I-55, I-57, I-70, I-74, I-80, I-88, I-90 potentially impacted.

— West-central MO; eastern and southeast KS; central and north-central OK: Flash flooding possible this afternoon through late Wednesday night. Flooding caused by excessive rainfall. I-35, I-40, I-44, I-70 potentially impacted.

— Central and southwest OK; southern TX Panhandle: Isolated to widely scattered severe thunderstorms possible Wednesday. Large hail and damaging wind gusts are the primary threats. I-27, I-35, I-40, I-44 potentially impacted.

Eastern:

— Western and Central MI Upper Peninsula: Wind Advisory late this morning through early this evening. Gusts to 45 mph. US-2, MI-28 impacted.

— Most of MI Lower Peninsula; northern IN: Severe thunderstorms with large hail, damaging wind gusts and perhaps a couple of tornadoes are possible late this afternoon and this evening. I-65, I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, IN Toll Rd, I-94, I-96 potentially impacted.

— Much of western and northern NY; northern and western PA; central OH: Isolated to widely scattered severe thunderstorms possible Wednesday. Large hail and damaging wind gusts are the primary threats. I-70, I-71, I-77, I-79, I-80, I-81, I-88, NY Thruway potentially impacted.

Severe Weather Watches and Warnings

— See https://rvweather.com/warnings-watches-and-advisories/#SPC_Tornado_Watch for the latest Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm WATCHES

— See https://rvweather.com/warnings-watches-and-advisories/#NWS_Tornado_Warning for the latest Tornado, Severe Thunderstorm, and Flash Flood WARNINGS.

Severe thundertorm threat Tuesday and Tuesday night 31 May
Expected 24 hour rainfall amounts Tuesday night – Wednesday night 31 May – 1 June
Total snowfall amounts Tuesday – Thursday 31 May – 2 June