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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 >

 

The tropical systems depicted in these graphics are west of 180 (dateline) and based on bulletins issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), based in Honolulu, HI, and generated by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC), based in Honolulu, HI for cyclones between EQ-25N and 180-130E. The Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) for this area is the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

 

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