Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall Across the South; Heat Spreads Across the West and Southern Plains

A couple of frontal boundaries will move east and south from the Plains to the Gulf and Atlantic coastlines. These boundaries will focus showers and thunderstorms through the weekend, with scattered severe thunderstorms from the Southern Plains and across the Gulf Coast states. Locally heavy rainfall may also occur, which may be welcome news across drought areas. Meanwhile, heat spreads westward. Read More >

Variable cloudiness across the area on the 21st of August not only made it tough to see the solar eclipse, it also caused more variability in the temperature trends.

The 1st temperature is the warmest reached through the midpoint of the eclipse and the 2nd is the lowest temperature reached during or up to 15 minutes after the eclipse.

Location	Maximum T before Eclipse	Minimum T during/after Eclipse	Temperature Drop (F)
Jackson	88	81	-7
Ludington	79	72	-7
Muskegon	81	75	-6
Lansing	88	82	-6
Holland	81	75	-6
Kalamazoo	86	82	-4
Big Rapids	83	79	-4
Fremont	81	77	-4
Grand Rapids	84	81	-3
Battle Creek	85	82	-3
Mount Pleasant	87	85	-2
Ionia	84	82	-2

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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall Across the South; Heat Spreads Across the West and Southern Plains

Temperature Drops Due to the Eclipse on August 21st