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 >

Safety Information
NWS Safety Tips:	http://www.weather.gov/safety/
Watch Warning Advisory Explained:	http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
National Centers
Storm Prediction Center:	http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/
Climate Prediction Center:	http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
Weather Prediction Center:	http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/model-guidance-model-area.php
Aviation Weather Center:	https://aviationweather.gov/
NCEP Winter Weather:	http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wwd/winter_wx.shtml
River Forecast Centers:	https://water.weather.gov/ahps/rfc/rfc.php
Ocean Prediction Center:	http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/
Space Weather Center:	http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
Nat. Hurricane Center:	http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
Cntrl Pac. Hur. Center:	http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/
Typhoon Warning Center:	http://www.usno.navy.mil/JTWC/
Computer Weather Models
Real Time Weather:	http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/
NCEP Models:	http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/model-guidance-model-area.php
HRRR Model:	http://ruc.noaa.gov/hrrr/
ECMWF Model:	http://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts
RAP Model:	http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/model/
WPC QPF Page:â€‹	http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml
TC Models:	http://www.ral.ucar.edu/guidance/realtime/current/
Rapid Refresh:	http://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/
Numerical Computer Model Guidance
NWS MOS Guidance:	http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.php
GFS-LAMP MOS:	http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/gfslamp/gfslamp.shtml
National Government Agencies
NWS National Page:	https://www.weather.gov
U.S. Forecast Service:	http://www.fs.fed.us/
U.S. Geological Service:	http://www.usgs.gov/
UCAR Wx Education:â€‹	http://scied.ucar.edu/weather
â€‹COMETâ€‹:	http://www.comet.ucar.edu/