National Weather Forecast
By: Administrative Account | Source: The Weather Channel
May 1, 2006 6:26AM EST

Midwest Regional Video Showers and thunderstorms will dot the eastern portions of the northern Plains, Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, lower Ohio Valley and Missouri today. The threat of severe weather will once again be present. Nasty storms could erupt near the remnants of a front in southern Missouri, southern Illinois, southern Indiana and western Kentucky. Temperatures, meanwhile, are expected to be generally seasonable with highs ranging from the 50s in parts of the eastern northern Plains and Upper Midwest to the low 80s in extreme southern Kansas. Most of the lower Midwest will enjoy afternoon temperatures in the 60s and 70s.

South Regional Video Most of the South will enjoy dry weather with a generous supply of sunshine Monday (although Florida desperately needs rain). Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast to pop from near Abilene, Texas, to Tennessee ahead of the remnants of a front. A few of the storms from eastern Oklahoma to western Tennessee could grow severe. Temperatures are forecast to be near or slightly below mid-spring averages east of the Mississippi River, but above west of the river as highs range from the 60s in the southern Appalachians to the 90s in parts of West and south Texas. The Deep South and Florida will experience highs in the 70s and 80s.

Northeast Regional Video High pressure and dry weather will prevail in the Northeast today with plenty of sunshine from New York state southward. Cloudiness may increase along the eastern New England shore--and there's an outside chance of a late-day shower--as a lumbering ocean storm backs toward the Northeast. As that happens, winds could pick up a bit over Cape Cod and the islands. High temperatures are expected to range from the 50s over eastern New England to the 60s and 70s elsewhere.

West Regional Video Dry weather and sunshine will dominate the majority of the West Monday, but there will be a couple of minor exceptions. A fast-moving upper-air disturbance and cold front may distribute a scattering of light showers and isolated thundershowers from Washington state eastward into western Montana... mostly over the mountains. And an isolated thunderstorm or two could pop up here and there in Utah. High temperatures will be above early May averages in most locations with readings ranging from the 40s in the Washington Cascades to over 100 in the normally hotter deserts of Southern California and Arizona. Expect high temperatures in the 80s in the Central Valley of California.

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