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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall for the Southwest; Heat Spreads Across the Center of the Nation

Moisture will continue to move into areas of the West. This will increase showers and thunderstorms coverage and intensity, with the risk of flash flooding and damaging wind gusts. Meanwhile, heat across the Southwest will expand into the center of the nation this weekend into early next week. Trends favor this heat will spread across the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic next week. Read More >

Fig. 8. KMAF base reflectivity loop from 1828 to 1938 UTC shows convection associated with one of Claudette’s outer rainbands moving over the McDonald Observatory. This convection likely generated the relatively stronger winds noted on the Mount Fowlkes meteogram between 1830 and 1930 UTC.