06/05/2025, 9:18 am EDT
The just-issued ECMWF “monthlies” aggressively forecasts consistent anomalous dry and hot climate across the central and northern Great Plains and much of the Canadian Prairies for July through September. The model shifts wet weather risk to the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico Coast leaving high pressure across the North-central States. The high-pressure location is also inspired by a tendency for monsoon thunderstorm activity across the Southwest U.S.