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Widespread Showers in the Eastern US; Severe Thunderstorms in the Plains; Heatwave in the Desert Southwest

Widespread showers and thunderstorms across much of the central and eastern U.S. will produce areas of excessive rainfall, especially in the southern Mid-Atlantic states. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected from Montana into portions of the central/southern Plains this weekend. A heatwave will build in the Desert Southwest, in parts of Arizona, southeastern California, and southern Nevada. Read More >

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We want your rain!  Seriously, if you measure the rain we would like you to send it to us.  The best way is through CoCoRaHS.  By joining CoCoRaHS you'll be one of many people providing the NWS, and other weather-related agencies, vital rain and snow reports.  You can even report hail and drought conditions.  If you are interested, click this link.  

 

Some places we need more observers are labeled by a star on the map below.  The numbers indicated how many active observers we already have in each county.  We want these numbers to grow!  Will you help us?  For questions, contact David Pearson.