Breakfast Brief: No Midweek changes

The quiet weather that has been dominating the U.S. this week continues today, with even fewer trouble spots than Tuesday.

The WeatherRadar shows only two trouble spots of note. A Pacific storm will roll ashore and move quickly into the northern Intermountain region while a cold front pushes across the Great Lakes and Northeast. These will produce a few rain showers later in the day, so daily plans won't be ruined.

The big story remains the unseasonably hot and dry weather dominating from southern California and the Southwest eastward across the Great Plains, South, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. The TemperatureRadar shows afternoon highs in the 80s across the Southwest, Texas, South, Southeast and southern Mid-Atlantic. A few spots in northern Texas will see 90-plus highs.

A few daily records could be broken in Dallas, Austin and Waco, Texas.

Even New England and the Rockies will be in the 70s. The cold front moving across the Midwest will bring cooler, autumn temperatures to the Upper Midwest. Highs will be in the 50s and 60s there. Similar temperatures will be found in the Northwest too.

Oscar lost its tropical characteristics late Tuesday as it moves over the western Atlantic northeast of the Bahamas.

No other tropical development is expected.

It's never too early to prepare for the winter season! Is your blizzard kit in order?