The cooler temperatures are going to last just a little bit longer in various parts of the country this week, with frost and freeze warnings in some areas and then returned to spring-like weather by the weekend; here’s today’s weather news and forecast.
More Winter-like weather to start the week
After a Mother’s Day that saw temperatures colder than Christmas in various locations, the week will follow suit with a few more days with chilly conditions. Highs will struggle to get out of the 40s in various places around the country, including portions of Montana, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
A frost advisory is in effect for portions of Pennsylvania overnight, as well as portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan where frosty conditions could continue for the next three days and temps are expected to dip into the 20s and possibly down into the teens and the northernmost reaches of Minnesota.
Mixed precipitation – possible snow?
The wintry weather will continue over the Northern Rockies and portions of the Northeast today were mixed precipitation could potentially transform into snowfall in some locations. The National Weather Service (NWS) has forecast mixed precipitation over parts of the Northwest in Northern Rockies in portions of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraska.
In the Northeast, the NWS has forecast a wintry mix over portions of the Virginians, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Today’s severe weather spot and thunderstorms
The NWS is forecasting the potential for severe thunderstorms and disturbed weather over East south-central New Mexico and into Northwestern Texas today. Thunderstorms will be prevalent over portions of the south-central US, Southwest, and Plains states today. Thunderstorms are also forecast over portions of the West in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
In the Northeast, thunderstorms will span the eastern seaboard from New Jersey to Maine. Southern Florida around Miami and slightly north will also experience thunderstorms today.
Today’s US weather forecast
West: San Francisco 66, rain; Los Angeles 73, partly cloudy; Reno 70, windy; Las Vegas 93, windy; Salt Lake City 83, partly cloudy; Denver 57 rain.
Northwest & Northern Rockies: Seattle 75, rain; Medford 72, partly cloudy; Boise 78, partly cloudy; Billings 43, rain; Minot 49, mostly sunny; Rapid City 40, mixed precipitation.
Southwest: Phoenix 99, partly cloudy; Albuquerque 75, thunderstorms; El Paso 89, partly cloudy; San Antonio 85, cloudy; Brownsville 89, partly cloudy.
Central & Upper Midwest: Lubbock 77, thunderstorms; Dallas 80, mostly sunny; Oklahoma City 64, rain; Kansas City 54, cloudy; Minneapolis 55, partly cloudy.
Ohio Valley: Chicago 49, partly cloudy; St. Louis 60, partly cloudy; Detroit 48, cloudy; Cincinnati 54, cloudy.
South: Houston 83, mostly sunny; New Orleans 82, sunny; Memphis 66, mostly cloudy; Atlanta 66, sunny; Charlotte 67, sunny; Jacksonville 87, sunny; Tampa 88, sunny; Miami 81, thunderstorms.
East: Norfolk 68, partly cloudy; Washington, D.C. 60, partly cloudy; Buffalo 43, mixed precipitation; New York 61, rain; Boston 63, thunderstorms; Caribou 54, partly cloudy.