Weather
An active pattern for the Heartland into next week
A procession of fast-moving weather systems will maintain periods of unsettled, showery conditions during the next several days across large sections of the country.
The heaviest rain, locally 1 to 3 inches, should fall from the mid-South into the Northeast, resulting in fieldwork delays and causing local flooding in agricultural regions such as the northern Mississippi Delta and the southern and eastern Corn Belt. Meanwhile, showers and thunderstorms will linger into the weekend across Florida’s peninsula.
In contrast, dry weather will accompany early-season heat from California to the Rio Grande Valley. Farther north, however, occasional showers will continue in the Northwest.
By early next week, unusual warmth will spread as far east as the Plains, while chilly conditions will linger across the eastern one-third of the U.S.
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or below-normal temperatures in most areas from the Mississippi River eastward, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in peninsular Florida and from the Pacific Coast to the Plains.
Meanwhile, near- or below-normal precipitation across most of the western and central U.S. should contrast with wetter-than-normal weather in much of the East.
