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Cool, wet pattern to cover much of the Midwest Corn Belt
A strong ridge of high pressure will maintain extremely hot conditions west of the Rockies, particularly in the Northwest. Showers associated with the monsoon circulation will begin to increase in coverage across the central and southern Rockies and parts of Arizona. In some other areas of the West, however, lightning strikes without the benefit of rainfall could lead to an increase in wildfire activity. Early-week heat will reach as far east as the High Plains, following by a marked cooling trend across the nation’s mid-section. Generally near- to below-normal temperatures will prevail from the Mississippi Valley eastward, except for some lingering heat in the southern Atlantic region. Five-day rainfall totals could reach 1 to 3 inches from the mid-South into the Ohio Valley and portions of the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States.
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures across much of the eastern and western U.S., while cooler-than-normal conditions will stretch from southern sections of the Rockies and Plains into the western Corn Belt. Meanwhile, near- to above-normal rainfall across the majority of the U.S. will contrast with drier-than-normal weather along and near the Gulf Coast and from the Pacific Northwest to the northern Plains.
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