A very wet weather pattern will continue across portions of the southern U.S. from east Texas into the Lower Mississippi Valley over the next few days.
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A surface frontal boundary is forecast to remain stalled across this region with much above average levels of moisture in the vicinity of this front.
Active showers and thunderstorms are likely over the next few days in the vicinity of this front from east Texas into the Lower Mississippi Valley.
This will bring the likelihood of heavy rains and flash flooding to these areas.
The expected heavy rains over the next few days will be to the southeast of areas of north Texas, including the Dallas-Ft Worth area, that received very heavy rainfall amounts over the past 24 hours.
Rainfall reports across this region showed numerous totals of 5-10 inches.
Much of north Texas has seen drought conditions worsen over the past few months.
While these rains will provide some relief, rainfall is not expected to return to North Texas for the remainder of the week.
Areas farther to the southeast of North Texas, however, will see rainfall totals of 3-5 inches with locally heavier amounts likely over the next few days.
Flood and flash flood watches are currently our across these areas.
In addition to the wet weather across portions of the South, temperatures are also expected to remain below average due to the cloud cover and rainfall.
There have been a few record cold high temperatures over the past weekend from New Mexico into northwest and north Texas where it has been cloudy and wet.
The potential for additional record low maximum temperatures will continue Monday and Tuesday over east Texas into the Lower Mississippi Valley.
In contrast , above average temperatures will continue over the next few days from the interior Valleys of California, northward into the Great Basin and Pacific Northwest.
However, at the moment, it appears there will not be any record highs across these regions.
The hot and dry weather over portions of the Pacific Northwest, Northern Great Basin and Northern Rockies will also increase the fire weather threat across these regions. ■
A hyperactive weather pattern will bring an expansive low pressure system across mainland U.S., resulting in widespread impactful weather to progress from west to east across the country through the next few days.