Weather
Cooler, showery weather ahead for the Heartland
Tropical Storm Beta should move inland later Monday or Monday night along the middle Texas coast. For the next several tide cycles, Beta will continue to result in elevated water levels in the western Gulf Coast region. However, Beta’s primary threat will be the potential for heavy rainfall, which could total 5 to 10 inches or more from the middle Texas coast into southern Louisiana. Later in the week, showers associated with the decaying remnants of Beta should move farther inland across the Southeast. Meanwhile, many other areas of the country will experience dry weather during the next 5 days. Starting on Tuesday, Hurricane Teddy may pass close enough to eastern Maine to generate some wind and rain.
And in the Northwest, a mid- to late-week pattern change should deliver locally heavy precipitation, especially west of the Cascades.
Elsewhere, warmth will slowly expand across the South, East, and Midwest, while cooler weather will arrive in the Northwest.
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide. Warmth will be most likely in the Northeast and Far West.
Meanwhile, wetter-than-normal weather across much of the eastern half of the U.S. should contrast with near- or below-normal precipitation from the Pacific Coast to the Plains.
