Overview

• Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Wednesday into Thursday from the Midwest and Northeast to the Gulf Coast and Florida, bringing heavy downpours and localized flooding in spots.
• The Storm Prediction Center notes a marginal severe risk in parts of the Mid‑Atlantic and along the Gulf Coast, with damaging wind gusts the primary concern and localized 2–3 inches of rain possible in Southeast Texas.
• The San Francisco Bay Area is pivoting from heat to much cooler, stormy conditions with a roughly 20‑degree drop, lightning, brief heavy rain, gusty winds, and some cells moving east to west under a cutoff low.
• Maine is seeing beneficial rain during severe drought, while Toronto and the GTA face renewed flooding risk after 50–75 mm Tuesday and more storms forecast through Thursday.
• Hurricane Gabrielle remains a Category 3 in the open Atlantic as the National Hurricane Center tracks two high‑probability disturbances that are expected to remain offshore, maintaining rough surf and rip‑current hazards along parts of the East Coast.