UNITED STATES — The Climate Prediction Center’s 8 to 14 day outlook issued May 5, 2026 and valid May 13 through 19 shows a sharply divided country, with dangerous above-normal heat dominating the West, Plains, and South, below-normal temperatures gripping the Northeast, and wetter than normal conditions favored across the South and much of the…
CENTRAL FLORIDA — A heat dome sliding in from the Gulf is setting the stage for a potentially record-breaking day across central Florida on Thursday, May 7, 2026, with temperatures in the upper 90s possible around Orlando nearly a full month earlier than typically expected. Nearly a Month Too Early for This Kind of Heat…
WESTERN UNITED STATES — The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts is signaling a troubling combination for the western United States this summer: well-below-normal precipitation and well-above-normal temperatures are both projected to dominate from May through July 2026. A Drier-Than-Normal Pattern Takes Hold Across the West The ECMWF seasonal forecast, initialized on May 1, 2026,…
OKLAHOMA, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO — The Climate Prediction Center has issued an extreme heat and high wind risk outlook valid May 13 through 19, 2026, placing a Moderate Risk of Extreme Heat across Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico on May 13 to 14 with temperatures expected to reach the upper 90s to around 100…
WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN AND THE LOWER MIDWEST — The lower Midwest is approaching the final rounds of frost risk for the season, with temperature forecast data valid at 5:00 AM EDT Monday, May 11, 2026 showing readings dropping to 30 degrees near Green Bay and 32 degrees in the Green Bay area — well into frost…
WASHINGTON DC AND MARYLAND — Rain arrives across the Washington DC, Baltimore and Maryland region on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, with forecast radar valid at 8:00 AM Wednesday showing widespread rain coverage across the full metro area. The steadiest rain falls during the first half of the day, with scattered showers continuing through the afternoon…
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS — The National Weather Service Norman has issued a key message outlook for Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9, 2026, as two cold fronts move into Oklahoma and Texas bringing increasing storm chances with a few strong to potentially severe storms possible mainly during the afternoon and evening hours on both…
DENVER, COLORADO — Denver is experiencing one of its most dramatic spring temperature swings on record, dropping 49 degrees in just two days. After reaching 84 degrees with a RealFeel of 88 degrees on Monday afternoon, the city is now facing a Wednesday night low of 35 degrees with a RealFeel of 29 degrees as…
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI — A focused question is emerging for Wednesday, May 6, 2026 across southern Mississippi — whether confluence bands developing ahead of the approaching cold front will be capable of popping supercells across the region. Forecast data valid at 8:00 PM CDT Wednesday shows converging airflow across southern Mississippi creating the conditions where strips…
MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA AND LOUISIANA — The National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center have issued key messages for Wednesday, May 6, 2026 confirming that severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes possibly reaching EF2 or stronger, large to very large hail and damaging wind gusts are possible across the Southeast today. Strong storms are already underway…