Weather

Late-season warmth to cover much of the nation

During the next 5 days, significant rainfall will be focused along and east of a line from the central Gulf Coast to New England. Some of the heaviest rain will continue to fall in the eastern Gulf Coast States, particularly across northern Florida. A separate area of occasional rain will stretch from the east-central Plains into the mid-South. In contrast, little or no rain will fall through week’s end in the upper Great Lakes region, much of Texas, and large sections of the western U.S.

Elsewhere, the heat wave affecting much of the country will come to an end later in the week, except for lingering heat from the Intermountain West to the southern Plains.

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, with the greatest likelihood of hot conditions from the Pacific Coast to the southern High Plains.

Meanwhile, wetter-than-normal weather across much of the eastern half of the U.S. will contrast with near- or below-normal rainfall from the High Plains westward.