Weather

More late-season warmth, heat ahead for the Corn Belt

A tropical disturbance over the Bahamas is expected to further develop and could soon become Tropical Storm Humberto. Tropical showers will continue to overspread the southern Atlantic region, where 5-day rainfall totals could reach 2 to 4 inches or more.

Meanwhile, rain over the Great Lakes region will subside later Friday. Farther west, a showery weather pattern will affect the Pacific Northwest, resulting in 5-day rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches or more.

Most of the remainder of the country, stretching from southern California to the northern and central Plains and from the mid-South into the Ohio Valley, will receive little or no rain.

Elsewhere, late-season warmth will affect much of the country, but cool conditions will develop or expand across the Northeast and the Far West.

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures nearly nationwide, with cooler-than-normal conditions limited to the Great Basin and Intermountain West.

Meanwhile, near- or above-normal rainfall across most of the country will contrast with drier-than-normal weather from the lower Great Lakes region into northern New England.