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Severe Thunderstorms in the Central U.S.; Record Temperatures Likely for Eastern U.S.

Several rounds of severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are forecast from the southern Plains to the Midwest through Friday. Large hail, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes are possible. A significant warm-up is expected for much of the Eastern U.S. into next week. Several daily record temperature records are likely to be broken. Fire weather concerns will return to the central/southern High Plains. Read More >

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 DATE                                        THURSDAY 03/05/26                       FRIDAY 03/06/26
 TIME (LT)          16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16
                    4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   
 
 CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   BK   BK   OV   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK   OV   BK   OV   OV   BK   BK
 CLOUD COVER (%)    70   70   60   70   75   70   55   45   45   30   55   70   70   75   70   65   65
 TEMPERATURE        24   22   22   22   21   20   23   24   25   22   23   23   21   24   29   32   32
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           19                  26                  20                  33
 WIND DIR            W    W    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW    W    W    W    W    W    W    W    W
 WIND (MPH)         24   19   18   19   14   13   14   14   13   10    8    8    8    6    5    8    8
 WIND GUST (MPH)    44   37   36   37                                                                 
 PRECIP PROB (%)    80   70   60   50   50   30   50   40   50   60   50   50   70   70   60   60   50
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.24      0.09      0.01      0.01      0.01      0.01      0.03      0.01
 6 HOUR SNOW                 3.1       1.2       0.2       0.1       0.1       0.1       0.3       0.1
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  3.8  3.7  3.6  3.6  3.2  2.6  3.4  3.7  3.7  3.6  4.0  4.3  4.2  4.4  5.0  5.4  5.9
 
 

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES --- 
CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN