Today's Weather Outlook

Heavy pockets of rain will be likely along the Gulf Coast, and in the Ohio Valley to Mid-Atlantic today. 

Heavy rain and storms lock in along the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida coasts. A weak low-pressure system continues to spin just off the Gulf Coast. Whether or not this becomes a tropical depression or storm, flooding will become an issue with scattered storms. The Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida Panhandle coasts will see the heaviest rain totals of 1 to 4 inches possible. 

A cold front continues to drag across the Northern Tier of the Central U.S., including the Midwest and central to northern Plains. Cooler temperatures and a drier feel to the air can be expected where this front has passed through. During the morning, bouts of steady rain will move across Wisconsin and Michigan. This will exit into Southern Canada in the afternoon. 

South and east of this cold front is where strong storms can be expected. The Northeast, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, Mid-South, and southern portions of the Midwest and central Plains will be a part of this activity. Flash flooding and damaging winds will be the main threats. A tornado or two cannot be ruled out in the Northeast. 

The Four Corners and Rocky Mountains will see showers and storms during the day. Pockets of flash flooding and damaging wind gusts can be expected. A few of these showers may make it into the drier climates of the Great Basin and Desert Southwest. The northern Rockies, closer to the Canadian Border, will see the threat of robust thunderstorms. Large hail and severe wind gusts are threats to watch. 

Up and down the Pacific Coast will see dry weather. Almost all the Pacific Northwest will be dry as well. 

Temperatures in the 50s and 60s are likely in the higher terrain of the Rockies. A large swath of the northern to central Plains and Upper Midwest will see 70s as well as the Pacific coastline. Eighties will be in place in the Ohio Valley, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, rain-soaked Gulf Coast, Great Basin, Four Corners, and Pacific Northwest. The southern Plains, Mid-South, Southwest U.S., and Southeast will see 90s. The Desert Southwest will see a few lower triple digits.