Summer-like temperatures feeling more like July than May are set to break over 100 records this week, while severe storms in the central US, mid-South, and Ohio Valley are Wednesday through Friday.
Summer-like heat could break over 100 records this week
Temperatures as much as 25 degrees above average will send the mercury soaring from the Southwest to the Northeast, where it will feel more like July than May, as over 100 record-highs could be set this week, NBC reports.
This week’s heatwave follows an already record-shattering round of temperatures in the second week of May and last weekend that set new high marks across the Southwest, Southern Plains, and New England.
Cooler temperatures are expected to prevail across the Southern Plains come Saturday. However, attempts across the Eastern seaboard could ramp up, and New York City could experience its first 90-degree day of the year.
Severe weather to continue through end of the week
Severe storms are expected Wednesday through Friday, impacting the central US, mid-South, Ohio Valley, and Great Lakes areas.
A few intense storms are expected Wednesday evening on three fronts, including the Southern Plains, upper Midwest, Missouri and Ohio valleys, and mid-South, the Weather Channel reported.
The western front of the storm will bring a Level 2 severe weather risk over southeastern Colorado, the Oklahoma Panhandle, southwestern Kansas, and northern Texas.
In the upper Midwest, a Level 2 severe weather risk over northeastern Minnesota into Northwestern Wisconsin.
Over the Eastern front, storms are expected over Missouri and Arkansas in the morning and moving to the East by the afternoon into the evening over Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.
A renewed threat comes on Thursday into parts of the upper Midwest, affecting portions of Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and northern Michigan, with a Level 2 severe weather risk.
On Friday, a more widespread threat will stretch from Kansas and Missouri over Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and into Michigan with a Level 2 severe weather risk, according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC).
The Atlantic hurricane season could kick off early again
The official start date for the Atlantic hurricane season is June 1, but for the past seven years in a row, a named tropical system has formed in May going back to 2015, KHOU reports.
Meteorologists are watching a system in the Gulf of Mexico that could develop ahead of Memorial Day weekend. If the system reaches tropical development, the storm will be named Alex.
