April warmup to encompass central, eastern US into midweek
By
Brandon Buckingham, AccuWeather Meteorologist
Published Apr 5, 2020 11:29 AM EDT
In just under 24 hours, 148 tornadoes caused 315 fatalities and injured over 5,000 people across 13 states. Known as the Super Outbreak, this event set the precedent for tornado research and forecasts.
Increasingly mild conditions across the eastern half of the United States will send temperatures rising into midweek.
In the wake of a record-breaking winter storm that tracked through the Plains, temperatures will climb into the 60s in Denver and Rapid City, South Dakota, on Sunday. On Friday, temperatures fell below zero in Rapid City and into the teens around Denver.
Temperatures will also climb into the upper 50s and 60s farther east across the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and most of the Northeast.
Temperatures will climb up into the 60s in New York City and may approach the 70-degree Fahrenheit mark in Washington, D.C., to end the weekend.
The mercury will rise further into the day on Monday as the heat expands across the eastern half of the country. Minneapolis, Chicago and the western suburbs of Boston could all hit 60 degrees.
Although temperatures will be mild, pop-up showers and thunderstorms may hit.
While showers and thunderstorms will remain sparse across parts of the Midwest and mid-South on Monday, the chance for threatening weather may increase into Tuesday.
A weak atmospheric disturbance is forecast to track along the northern fringes of the warm and humid air through the Plains and into the Midwest, possibly providing enough energy to spark severe thunderstorms.
Portions of the midwestern U.S., including Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, could have heavy showers or thunderstorms Tuesday into Tuesday night.
Into the day on Wednesday, whatever is left of the showers and thunderstorm activity from Tuesday will move toward the East Coast. Although coverage isn't expected to be widespread, portions of New England to the Southeast could have wet weather.
Another storm system tracking southward from Canada will bring rain and possibly another round of thunderstorms to the Midwest on Wednesday. Unlike the previous storm system, cold air will sweep southward in its wake, ushering in crashing temperatures across the central and eastern United States by late in the week.
The warm weather will be short lived in the interior Northeast as some locations may have a return of wintry conditions late in the week.
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April warmup to encompass central, eastern US into midweek
By Brandon Buckingham, AccuWeather Meteorologist
Published Apr 5, 2020 11:29 AM EDT
In just under 24 hours, 148 tornadoes caused 315 fatalities and injured over 5,000 people across 13 states. Known as the Super Outbreak, this event set the precedent for tornado research and forecasts.
Increasingly mild conditions across the eastern half of the United States will send temperatures rising into midweek.
In the wake of a record-breaking winter storm that tracked through the Plains, temperatures will climb into the 60s in Denver and Rapid City, South Dakota, on Sunday. On Friday, temperatures fell below zero in Rapid City and into the teens around Denver.
Temperatures will also climb into the upper 50s and 60s farther east across the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and most of the Northeast.
Temperatures will climb up into the 60s in New York City and may approach the 70-degree Fahrenheit mark in Washington, D.C., to end the weekend.
The mercury will rise further into the day on Monday as the heat expands across the eastern half of the country. Minneapolis, Chicago and the western suburbs of Boston could all hit 60 degrees.
Although temperatures will be mild, pop-up showers and thunderstorms may hit.
While showers and thunderstorms will remain sparse across parts of the Midwest and mid-South on Monday, the chance for threatening weather may increase into Tuesday.
A weak atmospheric disturbance is forecast to track along the northern fringes of the warm and humid air through the Plains and into the Midwest, possibly providing enough energy to spark severe thunderstorms.
Portions of the midwestern U.S., including Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, could have heavy showers or thunderstorms Tuesday into Tuesday night.
Into the day on Wednesday, whatever is left of the showers and thunderstorm activity from Tuesday will move toward the East Coast. Although coverage isn't expected to be widespread, portions of New England to the Southeast could have wet weather.
Another storm system tracking southward from Canada will bring rain and possibly another round of thunderstorms to the Midwest on Wednesday. Unlike the previous storm system, cold air will sweep southward in its wake, ushering in crashing temperatures across the central and eastern United States by late in the week.
The warm weather will be short lived in the interior Northeast as some locations may have a return of wintry conditions late in the week.
Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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