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Breakfast Brief - Heat builds across the West

09:00 AM
September 5, 2024

Breakfast Brief
Heat builds across the West

A heat wave is building across the West, bringing record highs to the Pacific Northwest. Flash flooding remains a concern across the northern Gulf Coast.

A ridge of high pressure building across the West will keep the region in a heat wave over the next few days. The TemperatureRadar shows highs reaching the 110s in the Desert Southwest, the 100s to near 110 in southern California, the mid-100s for the central California Valleys, and the low 100s for portions of the Pacific Northwest.

This day in weather history

Hurricane Easy produced the greatest 24 hour rainfall in U.S. weather records. The hurricane deluged Yankeetown, on the upper west coast of Florida, with 38.7 inches of rain.

A stationary front and coastal low drive multiple days of widespread showers and thunderstorms across the Gulf Coast. The heaviest rain is expected over portions of the central and upper Texas Gulf Coasts and a bit further north into the lower Mississippi Valley. Rainfall rates between 2 and 3 inches per hour could lead to flash flooding in cities like Galveston, Texas, New Orleans, and Jackson, Miss. Keep an eye on the WeatherRadar.

A front will also bring showers and storms from the Rockies to the Great Lakes. While severe weather is not anticipated, some localized flash flooding is possible. Elsewhere, pleasant conditions prevail across the Northeast, Ohio Valley, and northern Mid-Atlantic.

Tropical update:

There are four areas that we are keeping an eye on in the Atlantic Basin. While all four areas have a low chance of development over the next 7 days, Weather & Radar's expert meteorologists will keep an eye on conditions in the Atlantic Basin. Hurricane Season lasts through November 30th, and there's plenty of time for more development.

The news we're covering today:

  • Heatwave for the West
  • Flooding threat for the Gulf Coast
  • Pleasant for the Northeast

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Mary Mays
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