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A soggy holiday weekend for many
Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
May23. , 2009 5:43 am ET
South
An area of low pressure will move across the nortehrn Gulf Coast, and into the Deep South today.
Heavy rain will inundate parts of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, eastern Louisiana, western Tennessee and Arkansas.
Several inches of rain may fall with this system.
Flooding may be possible over the next few days from lower Mississippi River Basin to the Ozarks.
Showers and thunderstorms will be more isolated across eastern Tennessee and the Carolinas. The coastal Carolinas may stay dry.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will also be on the increase across the southern Plains, but southern Texas will probably see little or no rain.
Clouds and rain will keep temperatures below average except for southernmost Texas. Highs today and Sunday will range from the 70s and near 80 in the cloudiest and wettest parts of the South to the 90s and near 100 south of San Antonio.
Monday will feature plenty of rain and thunderstorms from Arkansas and Tennessee southward to the northern Gulf Coast and Florida with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
Much of central and eastern North Carolina will stay dry, however, and high temperatures in Raleigh could hit the upper 80s.
The southern Plains will deal with isolated thunderstorms while much of western and southern Texas should dry.
Highs will push into the 90s from Midland and Abilene to Brownsville and top 100 in the lower Rio Grande.
Midwest
A cold front will move south into the noretrhn Plains and Great Lakes region this weekend.
Meanwhile, tropical moisture will stream up from Mississippi Valley.
Another front will move through the northern plains into the Midwest early next week.
All of these factors will combine to bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to much of the Midwest and Plains through this weekend.
The heaviest clusters of thunderstorms will increasingly focus in the Plains and across Missouri and the Ohio Valley where rainfall could locally exceed 3 inches.
High temperatures today will range from the upper 50s around Lake Superior to the 80s in the central Plains, Missouri and the Ohio Valley.
Sunday and Monday, 70s and low 80s will dominate most of the region, but cooler air will prevail in the northern high Plains and toward the Canadian border.
Northeast
A new cold front will approach the eastern Great Lakes by late today.
An isolated shower or thunderstorm will be possible ahead of the front.
Highs today will range from the 60s in Maine to the 80s in the Mid-Atlantic.
On Sunday, the cold front will move through New England, stalling from northern West Virginia to the Delmarva early week.
Scattered thunderstorms could develop across the Mid-Atlantic Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms will expand northward across the region by midweek ahead of a warm front and with a cold front sweeping in behind.
West
Much of the Rockies and Front Range will continue to see periods of showers and thunderstorms through the holiday weekend.
Isolated thunderstorms will extend westward into the Nevada Great Basin, southeast Oregon and the Sierra.
The heaviest rain may douse the Colorado Rockies, producing flash flooding.
The Pacific Northwest, Washington and most of Oregon, will enjoy a mostly sunny, dry holiday weekend with high temperatures 5 to 12 degrees above average.
By Memorial Day, Portland could reach 80 with Seattle peaking in the lower 70s.
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A soggy holiday weekend for many
Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
May23. , 2009 5:43 am ET
South
An area of low pressure will move across the nortehrn Gulf Coast, and into the Deep South today.
Heavy rain will inundate parts of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, eastern Louisiana, western Tennessee and Arkansas.
Several inches of rain may fall with this system.
Flooding may be possible over the next few days from lower Mississippi River Basin to the Ozarks.
Showers and thunderstorms will be more isolated across eastern Tennessee and the Carolinas. The coastal Carolinas may stay dry.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will also be on the increase across the southern Plains, but southern Texas will probably see little or no rain.
Clouds and rain will keep temperatures below average except for southernmost Texas. Highs today and Sunday will range from the 70s and near 80 in the cloudiest and wettest parts of the South to the 90s and near 100 south of San Antonio.
Monday will feature plenty of rain and thunderstorms from Arkansas and Tennessee southward to the northern Gulf Coast and Florida with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
Much of central and eastern North Carolina will stay dry, however, and high temperatures in Raleigh could hit the upper 80s.
The southern Plains will deal with isolated thunderstorms while much of western and southern Texas should dry.
Highs will push into the 90s from Midland and Abilene to Brownsville and top 100 in the lower Rio Grande.
Midwest
A cold front will move south into the noretrhn Plains and Great Lakes region this weekend.
Meanwhile, tropical moisture will stream up from Mississippi Valley.
Another front will move through the northern plains into the Midwest early next week.
All of these factors will combine to bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to much of the Midwest and Plains through this weekend.
The heaviest clusters of thunderstorms will increasingly focus in the Plains and across Missouri and the Ohio Valley where rainfall could locally exceed 3 inches.
High temperatures today will range from the upper 50s around Lake Superior to the 80s in the central Plains, Missouri and the Ohio Valley.
Sunday and Monday, 70s and low 80s will dominate most of the region, but cooler air will prevail in the northern high Plains and toward the Canadian border.
Northeast
A new cold front will approach the eastern Great Lakes by late today.
An isolated shower or thunderstorm will be possible ahead of the front.
Highs today will range from the 60s in Maine to the 80s in the Mid-Atlantic.
On Sunday, the cold front will move through New England, stalling from northern West Virginia to the Delmarva early week.
Scattered thunderstorms could develop across the Mid-Atlantic Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms will expand northward across the region by midweek ahead of a warm front and with a cold front sweeping in behind.
West
Much of the Rockies and Front Range will continue to see periods of showers and thunderstorms through the holiday weekend.
Isolated thunderstorms will extend westward into the Nevada Great Basin, southeast Oregon and the Sierra.
The heaviest rain may douse the Colorado Rockies, producing flash flooding.
The Pacific Northwest, Washington and most of Oregon, will enjoy a mostly sunny, dry holiday weekend with high temperatures 5 to 12 degrees above average.
By Memorial Day, Portland could reach 80 with Seattle peaking in the lower 70s.
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Heat Index Forecast
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Severe T-Storms
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Current Storm Warnings and Watches
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