An active Southwestern monsoon circulation will continue to generate locally heavy, drought-easing showers in the Four Corners States. Lighter showers may reach into southeastern California and the southern Great Basin. However, the remainder of California, along with the northern Plains and Northwest, will continue to endure hot, dry weather and rampant wildfire activity.
Farther east, only widely scattered showers will occur during the next 5 days across the central and southern Plains, accompanied by building heat that may signal the onset of “flash drought” conditions.
