Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures across much of the western half of the country, except in northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Cooler-than-normal conditions will prevail in the upper Great Lakes region and most areas from the Mississippi River to the East Coast.
Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across much of the northern and western U.S. should contrast with drier-than-normal weather on the central High Plains and from the Gulf Coast northward into the Ohio Valley.
