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Rain Providing Some Relief to Drought-Stricken Southern U.S.

A storm tracking across the southern U.S. will continue to bring areas of heavy thunderstorms with risks for severe weather and excessive rainfall from Texas to Florida through this weekend. While much of this rainfall will be beneficial to the drought, excessive rainfall may bring areas of flash and urban flooding. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Fri, May 1, 2026 at 11:48:28 pm PDT

Upper ridging will gradually warm temperatures through the weekend with an storm system beginning next week to cool temperatures down a bit. By mid-week, temperatures will gradually rise again with highs expected to reach above normal for this time of year. Here are probabilities of max temperatures becoming greater than 70 degrees from Saturday the 2nd to Wednesday the 6th.

 

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