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Nor'easter Bringing Dangerous Coastal Conditions to the Mid-Atlantic; Pacific Storm Impacting the Southwest U.S.

A Nor'easter well off the East Coast will slowly track north this week and may gain some subtropical characteristics. Strong onshore winds will bring flooding, dangerous marine conditions, and beach erosion along the Mid-Atlantic coast. A Pacific storm is bringing gusty winds, severe thunderstorms, and mountain snow to portions of California and the Southwest U.S. through Thursday. Read More >

Fig. 10. The KMAF 88D base reflectivity from 1729 to 2025 UTC showed Tropical Storm Claudette as it crossed the Rio Grande River into west Texas. The storm’s central circulation and convective spiral bands are easily seen. In addition, data from the Lightning Detection Network depicted very few cloud-to-ground strikes within the storm’s central precipitation shield with a much higher frequency of lighting strikes in the convective bands.