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A large swath of the country encompassing the South and Northwest will see heavy, flooding rainfall courtesy and onslaught of storms this week; plus, more of today’s weather news and forecast.
Storms building in Texas will move across the southern corridor of the US this week bringing heavy rainfall across the region this week. However, it’s not all bad news as the rain will be mostly beneficial.
On Tuesday, the rain will affect southern and eastern Oklahoma, and the entirety of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
The rainfall will be heaviest north and east of Houston, as well as in southern Oklahoma, the southern half of Arkansas, throughout Louisiana, and southern Mississippi.
On Wednesday, the storms move farther east, drenching southern Tennessee, all of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, as well as southern South Carolina.
The heaviest rainfall will be along the southern portions of Alabama and Georgia, as well as the Florida Panhandle and northern Florida. The potential for flooding exists in low-lying and poor drainage locations.
A line of storms will soak the Pacific Northwest this week bringing the danger of flooding and potential landslides.
Already this month, many cities in the Northwest are at above-average precipitation. Creeks and streams are currently running high, bringing the potential of overflow, while the saturated ground could lead to poor or no drainage.
On Tuesday, rain will soak the western half of Seattle, with snowfall in the west-central part of the state. The entirety of Oregon will receive rainfall, and snowfall to the West-central and northeast region of the state.
Idaho will see snowfall in the central part of the state, with rainfall to the south. Snowfall is also forecast for the Western portion of Montana along the Idaho border, as well as the southern portion of the state at the Wyoming border.
Wyoming will see snowfall in the northwest and western portions of the state. Rainfall will also make its way down to Northern California.
Another storm moves in on Wednesday affecting most of Washington, and the western half of Oregon, as well as the northernmost portion of California.
More stormy and rainy conditions arrive midweek to the northwest.
West: San Francisco 56, Los Angeles 73, Reno 52, Las Vegas 68.
Northwest: Seattle 51, Portland 52, Boise 41.
Northern Rockies: Billings 45, Cheyenne 44, Bismarck 25, Rapid City 37.
Southwest: Phoenix 74, Albuquerque 51, Salt Lake City 41, Denver 47.
Central Plains: Kansas City 37, Oklahoma City 66.
Upper Midwest: Minneapolis 30, Milwaukee 33, Detroit 35.
South: El Paso 65, San Antonio 76, Dallas 65, Houston 66, New Orleans 62.
Ohio Valley: St. Louis 36, Chicago 36, Cincinnati 39, Memphis 53.
Southeast: Norfolk 56, Charlotte 55, Atlanta 53, Jacksonville 64, Tampa 70, Miami 78.
Northeast: Washington 51, Buffalo 34, New York 47, Boston 47, Bangor 31.
