Showers and Storms in the East; Dangerously Hot and Dry in the West

Scattered showers and storms are expected across portions of the Central and Eastern U.S. through the end of the week. Meanwhile, dangerous heat will intensify across the Desert Southwest and Intermountain West. Hot, dry weather and increasing winds will allow elevated wildfire conditions to return to the northern Intermountain West, where air quality issues persist from ongoing fires. Read More >

- Map displaying storm reports. Click the image to view an interactive map of the reports.

- Visible Satellite loop during the afternoon hours of July 1, 2012

- Chronological sequence of radar images of a severe thunderstorm over northeastern Chesterfield County, SC around 2:30 pm. Note how the core of higher reflectivity values (60+ dbz are white) grows to over 40,000 ft by frame 4 and then descends to the surface in image 5.