Sunday's National Weather

[Charles]

Good morning everyone,

Thanks to I Am Not Charles for keeping you posted while I was off watching whales and glaciers.



Stormy for the East; Hot and dry in Plains

Michael Palmer, Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
Jul .15, 2012 3:25 am ET

South

* A very warm and tropical air mass combines with a stationary front to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms for much of the region this weekend.

* Any storms that develop could produce locally heavy rainfall and frequent lightning.

* West Texas and western Oklahoma will stay dry with plenty of sunshine.

* Temperatures should be near or slightly cooler than average across most of the region.

* Highs today will mostly be in the 80s and 90s, with a few areas around 100 in parts of Oklahoma.

Midwest

* Scattered showers and thunderstorms along and ahead of a weak trough of low pressure through the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.

* The severe threat is low, but an isolated severe storm is possible in the Great Lakes.

* The Plains remain generally sunny and dry with a few storms possible in North Dakota late today.

* Hotter than average temperatures are expected for much of the region.

* Highs on Sunday will range from the 80s in the Ohio Valley to upper 90s and low 100s in the Plains.

West

* Monsoonal moisture continues to bombard the interior West with showers and thunderstorms this weekend.

* Locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding is possible with any storms, especially in parts of Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho and western Montana.

* Stray severe storms are possible due to an upper-level low across eastern Oregon and Washington and western Idaho tonight.

* Dry lightning strikes are also possible, but is more likely in the Pacific Northwest.

* Hotter than average temperatures are expected in the Plains of eastern Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.

* Cooler than average temperatures are expected in parts of the Southwest.

* Highs on Sunday will range from around 60 along the Northern California Coast to the 80s and 90s interior sections and around 110 in the Deserts.

Northeast

* Thunderstorms increase across New England today.

* Stray T-Storm or two for interior sections of New England will fade away tonight.

* Hotter than average temperatures are expected in New York and New England.

* Highs today will be mostly in the 80s and 90s. Hotter weather builds in for early next week.

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[JacquieP]

Hey Charles, you did such a good job on the Alaska weather, why not try to move some of it this way? It's too bloomin' hot here!