Today's Weather Outlook

Today's Weather Outlook

12:15 AM EDT, June 2, 2014

A cold front lazily making its way across the Nation`s Midsection will help to kick off a wide swath of showers and thunderstorms from the Gulf Coast to the Canadian border. Meanwhile, the southwestern U.S. will sizzle under triple-digit heat.

Showers and storms will dot much of the Heartland today as warm, moist air streams northward from the Gulf. A cold front will help focus the stronger thunderstorms over the Plains, where there will be a small chance for some thunderstorms with highs winds and hail.

This muggy, unstable air will bring scattered thunderstorms to a much wider area however, including the Upper Midwest, Ohio Valley, Lower Mississippi Valley, and parts of the Southeast. Temperatures will vary a bit, but it will be mild-to-warm everywhere.

Highs will hit the 60s and 70s from Fargo, N.D., to the Twin Cities, 80s from Kansas City to Cincinnati, and the 80s and 90s across the entire Mid-South.

Along the immediate coasts on both sides of the U.S., locations should stay dry. It will be mostly sunny and warm from Charleston S.C. to Boston, with highs in the 70s and 80s. Florida will stay unsettled however with highs in the 80s and 90s.

Along the Pacific Coast, after some June Gloom morning clouds, there will be mostly sunny skies from San Diego to Seattle, with highs in the 60s and 70s.

The toastiest locales will be found in the California Deserts and the Southwest, as highs hit the century mark. Las Vegas, Phoenix, and El Paso, Texas, will all top out over 100 degrees, with Albuquerque warming well into the mid-90s. Stay cool!

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