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08/12/2026, 5:06 pm EDT
NOAA/CPC issues an excessive heat/flash drought alert already underway in the Mid-south States and likely to intensify and persist most of the remainder of August while expanding into the Southeast States.
08/11/2026, 9:01 am EDT
The U.S. observed the hottest July on record. Wyoming observed their hottest July on record while 20 states finished in the MUCH ABOVE normal category. 14 of 20 states observed top 5 hottest all-time while 4 states were top 3 all-time hottest.
08/10/2026, 4:28 am EDT
Along the southern periphery of the active Midwest U.S. weather pattern, building anomalous heat will last through much of the next 2 weeks. The risk of 100F reaches Southern Nebraska and Kansas to the Southern Missouri Valley (and southward) consistently during the hot period. The Mid-south, Southern Plains, and much of Texas receives no rain and Southern Plains drought is expansive.
08/07/2026, 1:48 pm EDT
Cool relief for the Northeast U.S. according to the 12Z GFS while Mid-south heat is intense days 6-10 and widens days 11-15 from the Great Plains to the Southeast U.S. The 12Z GFS maintains an arc of heavy rain and severe weather from the Midwest U.S. to the Mid-Atlantic States.
08/05/2026, 4:57 am EDT
Paris/Orly observed a record 208 CDD during July 2026 eclipsing the previous high mark of 192 (2006). June also produced a record CDD and August 2026 is projected in the top five hottest although a hotter value is certainly possible.
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Cooling SSTA Surrounding Northern Europe Foreshadows Incoming Cool Trough
Dramatic cooling of SSTA surrounding Northern Europe foreshadows an upper trough bringing a late August pattern change for Europe as an upper trough emerges next week and lasts into late month.
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Tracking The Shifting North America High Pressure Late August/Early September
Titanic high pressure triggers a severe heatwave centered on the Mid-south to Southeast U.S. through next week. The last week of August finds the high pressure broadening but losing intensity across the southeast quadrant of the U.S. The upper trough over Southeast Canada strengthens and in response, upstream ridge in Western Canada amplifies. The Western Canada ridge becomes a dominating upper feature in early September.