Today's Weather Outlook

Plenty of spots throughout the U.S. will need umbrellas today as multiple weather systems impact the nation. There will also be a battle between chilly spring-like temperatures and an early preview of the summer heat.

A slow-moving weather system will drift away from the Northeast into the Atlantic Ocean today. Despite moving away, there will still be plenty of moisture squeezed out of the system, resulting in rain chances throughout the Northeast. Expect occasional rounds of light to moderate rain in the morning and afternoon, before tapering off and ending in the evening.

There will be two stationary fronts that impact the U.S. for the end of the work week. One will be draped over the southern Florida Peninsula, while another stalls over the nation’s midsection. A few showers and thunderstorms will be possible in southern Florida, mainly from mid-morning through the early evening. Showers and thunderstorms will be likely from the Lower Midwest into the south-central U.S. Thunderstorms that develop here will have the potential to become strong to severe. The main concerns within thunderstorms will be damaging winds and large hail. An isolated brief tornado or two, however, cannot be ruled out.

Another cold front will be inching south across Canada into the north-central U.S. This could bring a few showers to the far northern Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley, generally in the evening.

As if that wasn't enough, a new Pacific storm system will crash into the Northwest, bringing chances of precipitation. The best chance will be western Washington and western Oregon, as well as the northern Rockies of Idaho and Montana. There will be lower chances across the interior Northwest. Expect a wide range of temperatures, which will result in mixed precipitation types. Rain will soak the coast and lower elevations, while higher elevations and the mountains see wet snow or a rain/snow mix.

Even with all this soggy, stormy weather, there will be several spots that see dry weather. This includes California, into the Four Corners states and the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.

Warm and well-above-normal temperatures will be present across the Central U.S. into the Southwest. Unseasonably cool weather is in store for the Northwest and much of the Eastern U.S.

This will translate into 50s and 60s for the Northwest, northern Rockies, and the tallest peaks in the central/southern Rockies, along with the Northeast and the Ohio Valley. However, the highest elevations of the northern Cascades could only see highs in the 30s and 40s. Seventies and 80s cover most of the U.S., including much of California and the Great Basin into the northern Plains, the Great Lakes, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Southeast. Nineties and 100s will bake the Desert Southwest and the central and southern Plains.