Summer 2016 has brought on the heat with record high temperature being broken across the country. A strong cold front will usher in some cool relief for parts of the Plains and Northern Rocky Mountains later today through the weekend, with temperatures greater than 20 degrees below average for this time of year possible!
Sizzling heat is expected again on Friday and Saturday with more daily max temperature records in danger. The ridge of high pressure mainly responsible for the heat will start to break up Sunday, allowing temperatures to cool off somewhat heading into next week.
A low pressure system tracking over the Dakotas will bring a chance for severe storms across portions of northern Plains and upper Midwest Thursday.
As August heats up, so does the Atlantic Ocean, adding fuel to potential tropical cyclones as we edge closer to the peak of hurricane season, which is typically just after Labor Day. It’s been nearly two weeks since Hurricane Earl ravaged the Yucatan and we have a new area to watch associated with a tropical wave coming off Africa. Wednesday afternoon, Fiona became the sixth named storm of the hurricane season, forming as a tropical storm in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
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