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Active weather is expected to wind down across the eastern third of the country by Wednesday. As a cold frontal boundary moves eastward away from the Eastern Seaboard, an area of low pressure will drift slowly behind it. This system will bring a chance of scattered showers to the Southeast, the Tennessee Valley and the Mid-Atlantic. The Northeast will stay clear of precipitation.
Just to the west, a high pressure system will build over the southern Plains. Conditions will be relatively clear and warm from Texas to the Mississippi Valley. A separate ridge of high pressure over the eastern Pacific will continue to bring warm, dry weather to the Southwest and the Four Corners region. Temperatures will range between the 90s and 100s across the Desert Southwest on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a cold frontal boundary will trek across the Pacific Northwest, the Intermountain West and the northern Plains. Temperatures are expected to drop 5 to 10 degrees behind the cold front, while light to moderate precipitation will accompany the frontal boundary. Scattered snow showers are expected across the Cascades and the northern Rockies, while light rain will be possible in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota.
TUESDAY'S WEATHER EXTREMES:
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F).........................100 Death Valley, Calif.
HIGHEST HEAT INDEX (DEGREES F)..........................101 Kendall, Fla.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)..........................15 Lake Yellowstone, Wyo.
LOWEST WIND CHILL (DEGREES F)...........................-45 Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr, Alaska
HIGHEST WIND GUST (MPH).................................85 Mt. Washington, N.H.
HIGHEST PRECIPITATION (INCHES)..........................1.72 Jacksonville, Fla.
ON THIS DATE
Much of the United States' public is unaware that powerful typhoons (called hurricanes here) strike land in the western Pacific Ocean with some regularity. On this date in 2004, Typhoon Sudal moved directly over the island of Yap with sustained winds of 75-100 mph. The typhoon would strengthen into a Super Typhoon (sustained winds of at least 150 mph) as it moved away from the island.
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