Heat Builds in the West; Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Upper Midwest and Mid-Mississippi Valley; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest on Saturday

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are expected over parts of the Upper Midwest to mid-Mississippi Valley today. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions from the Northwest and the northern Great Basin on Saturday and Sunday. Read More >

An arctic airmass will remain over eastern Utah and western Colorado through today (Halloween), resulting in abnormally cold temperatures. Daytime highs today will be 15 to 25 degrees below normal across the board under mostly sunny skies and dry northwest flow aloft. Be sure to bundle up during prime trick-or-treating hours this evening as temperatures drop into the mid to upper 20s and lower 30s across the southern and central valleys and into the upper teens further north between 6 and 9 PM. Another round of record cold low temperatures will occur tonight/Friday morning.

Temperatures will warm up Friday onwards.

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Heat Builds in the West; Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Upper Midwest and Mid-Mississippi Valley; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest on Saturday

Record Breaking Cold Through Halloween