Dry weather will cover much of the U.S. through Labor Day weekend, especially along and northwest of a line from the southern Rockies into the upper Great Lakes region.  From the Pacific Coast to the northern High Plains, unusually hot weather will accompany the dryness.  In contrast, locally heavy showers will affect parts of the South, mainly from southern and eastern Texas to the southern Atlantic Coast.  Five-day rainfall totals could reach 2 to 6 inches or more in the lower Rio Grande Valley and the western Gulf Coast region. 

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