Weather
Increasingly active pattern ahead for the Heartland
Tropical Storm Marco should continue to weaken over the central Gulf Coast region, with mostly minor impacts due to rain, wind, and storm surge. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Laura will continue to affect Cuba over the remainder of the Monday before entering the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday.
Following a period of possible rapid intensification, Laura is forecast to reach the Texas or Louisiana coast as a hurricane late Wednesday or early Thursday. Late in the week, Laura’s remnant circulation should move inland across the mid-South and begin to interact with an approaching cold front.
As a result, locally heavy rainfall (and potential flooding) can be expected from the central Gulf Coast region into the Mississippi Delta and portions of the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys.
In contrast, hot, mostly dry weather will persist through week’s end in many areas from the Pacific Coast to the Plains.
The 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures across the northern half of the U.S., while hotter-than-normal weather will prevail from the Southwest to the southern Atlantic Coast.
Meanwhile, near- or below-normal rainfall in the lower Rio Grande Valley and west of the Rockies should contrast with wetter-than-normal weather in most areas from the Plains to the East Coast.
