International Courant
Greater than 4 million individuals stay below flood watch in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, via Saturday night. Scattered showers are anticipated Saturday, a lot lighter than final week however nonetheless sufficient to trigger puddles and flash flooding as new rainfall has nowhere to go.
Over the previous seven days, Miami and Fort Lauderdale have formally seen greater than 40 inches of rain.
The quantity of rain Miami and Fort Lauderdale obtained over the previous seven days is a 25-year occasion. There’s a 4% likelihood of a lot of these rain occasions occurring annually.
That is primarily based on local weather information particular to this space, however fast human-induced local weather change is exacerbating heavy rainfall and extended flooding.
Sunday lastly seems to be like a “principally” dry day for the South Florida area. Inevitably, there’s at all times an opportunity of creating thunderstorms on this space, and this may nonetheless be the case on Sunday, however there’s not anticipated to be any sustained rainfall.
A lady sweeps out her residence within the flooded Inexperienced Acres Village in Hallandale Seashore, Florida, on June 13, 2024.
Mike Stocker/South Florida Solar Sentinel by way of TNS by way of Newscom
This screenshot from a video exhibits flooding in Miami on June 14, 2024.
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Heavy climate
The heaviest rainfall this weekend is predicted to fall within the Higher Midwest, from Wisconsin to Nebraska, the place there’s a extreme threat.
Later Saturday afternoon and thru the night time, sturdy supercells could have an opportunity to kind over cities akin to Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska and Des Moines, Iowa. These storms might produce a couple of tornadoes, in addition to damaging winds and enormous hail. Heavy rainfall also can result in flash flooding.
On Sunday, the specter of damaging winds, giant hail and flash flooding extends from Speedy Metropolis, South Dakota, to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The specter of scattered extreme storms on Monday primarily impacts the Dakotas and Minnesota.
Excessive warmth
An excessive warmth warning is in impact for elements of Arizona and Southern California via Sunday.
Phoenix, Arizona, might attain 113 levels, whereas Tucson might attain 110 levels. It is a main warmth threat.
In Southern California, Palm Springs and Imperial might attain temperatures between 115 and 118 levels on Saturday.
El Paso, Texas, might attain a warmth index studying of greater than 100 levels, resulting in an extreme warmth warning for that space via the weekend.
Document warmth strikes east
A warmth dome is establishing and getting ready to maneuver east throughout the nation within the coming days, bringing an opportunity for record-breaking each day temperatures and the most well liked situations of the yr to date.
On Sunday, cities like St. Louis, Missouri, Nashville, Tennessee and Little Rock, Arkansas will all rival each day report excessive temperatures and the most well liked temperatures of the yr to date, with potential excessive temperatures round 100 levels.
The acute warmth threat on Monday covers an space from Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, to St. Louis, Missouri, to Des Moines, Iowa, and the Quad Cities.
The potential for report highs might happen in Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Louisville, Columbus, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
On Tuesday, the acute warmth threat applies to Chicago, Inexperienced Bay, Indianapolis and most of Michigan, together with Detroit and Grand Rapids, Cincinnati and Louisville.
Thursday is predicted to be a lot the identical as Wednesday, with the acute warmth threat creeping into the Northeast and now encompassing areas from Ohio to Maine — probably even New York Metropolis for the primary time this yr.
