Showers & Storms Dominate East Coast, MCC/Derecho Weakens En-Route To The Big Easy (Includes Video)

(Courtesy of The Weather Channel)

Today will see plenty of active weather with Texas, the Lower Mississippi Valley and Eastern Seaboard all seeing thunderstorms today.

The same mesoscale convective complex which had a derecho on it’s leading edge as it swept southeastwards yesterday producing over 300 wind damage reports across the Mississippi Valley will gradually weaken as it takes aim at New Orleans later this afternoon.

Another area lighting up this afternoon is west and central Texas with large hail, gusty winds and some localised flooding as the main threat, though an odd tornado is already possible. These storms will move east and threaten Dallas.

(Courtesy of The Weather Channel)

A cold front, positioned over the Appalachains is pumping warm, humid and very juicy air northward up the East Coast bringing plenty of showers and thunderstorms from the Carolinas to New England this afternoon. Highs are back down in the 70s, even 60s following 90s but the air is feeling tropical out there and where the sun peaks through, expect some quite lively thunderstorms to blow up. Over the next 48 hours we may see a widespread 1-3 inches of rain before the front slides off the coast and high pressure works in from the Lakes.

(Courtesy of AccuWeather.com)

As for the Great Lakes and Midwest, a Canadian high is dropping out of Manitoba and Ontario and with the air and ground dry, we will see some decent diurnal temperature swings. Very comfortable 70s by day while lows fall through the 40s and in some sheltered areas, the 30s over the next few nights.

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