Heat Bubble To Expand North, East Next Week – National Weather Outlook For July 21, 2023

by | Jul 21, 2023 | Weather

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National Weather Forecast

A frontal boundary stretched from the Northeast to the Southern Plains will help spark off showers and storms on Friday. Some storms will also be possible in the Upper Midwest and in southern Florida. The excessive heat continues south of that frontal boundary and in the Southwest.

Heavy rain will be possible through the end of the week into the first half of the weekend across portions of the Front Range, the Tennessee River Valley, and the Northeast. Some of these areas could see over 3” of rain.

The 6-10 day temperature outlook shows a heat bubble across the central United States as we head through the middle and end of next week.

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