Overview

• A broad high-pressure ridge is holding temperatures above normal across many regions, prolonging dry stretches and intensifying drought in spots.
• A coastal low is delivering uneven rain and gusty northeast winds along the Chesapeake Bay, with the highest totals in Southern Maryland and lighter amounts west of I-95.
• From the Central Plains into the Upper Midwest, scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected midweek, with Kansas City likely to see impactful rounds Wednesday into Thursday and the Twin Cities primed for storms late Wednesday.
• Colorado faces a Tuesday afternoon and evening severe threat as a front sparks storms capable of large hail and damaging winds.
• The National Hurricane Center says Invest-92L is likely to organize into Gabrielle soon, with current guidance keeping the system away from the U.S. coast.