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New Seasonal Drought Outlook by @NOAA's @NWSCPC Expected drought development: Every region within the West (Northwest, CA/NV, Rockies, Southwest, western Plains) Improvement: Midwest, Mid-South, much of the East, Hawaii Otherwise, drought persists. drought.gov/forecasts @NWS

Next week’s outlook: warm and dry for almost all of the Lower 48 A few regions/states diverge. Northeast looks cool and wet. Hawaii warm and wet. Alaska looks cold and dry. Overall, expect drought to worsen in most regions. drought.gov/forecasts @NOAA @NWS @NWSCPC

The Southern Plains (TX, OK, KS) has seen large areas in drought for 5 years. Impacts: Reduced cattle herds and water supplies and increased fire risk Short-term, drought is likely to worsen. Long-term, a potential El Niño may provide some relief: drought.gov/news/el-nino-h… @NOAA

#DroughtMonitor 3/17: The West saw huge areas worsen, particularly in NV, AZ, CO, and NM. Same for parts of the Plains including SD, NE, and KS. The Midwest saw the most improvements for the 2nd week in a row. #Drought2026’s Footprint: 45.8% of USA drought.gov @NOAA

Wet across western Washington states as light snow moves through the northern Plains and upper Midwest go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Deep cyclone and potent cold front exit New England early this morning with lake-effect snow gradually tapers off later today go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Record cold across the Deep South this morning will shift into the Southeast by Wednesday morning go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

An anomalously early heatwave begins to intensify and expand east across the western U.S go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Multiple rounds of severe storms through this evening will yield potential for scattered to widespread damaging winds and a few strong tornadoes from the Carolinas into the Mid-Atlantic States. As of 12:30p ET, more than 34 million people are under tornado watches from Florida to the Northeast. Keep up with the latest local warning information at weather.gov.

❄️ Blizzard conditions continue today across portions of the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes. Here is a look at snowfall totals so far as of 10 AM CDT today, 25-35 inches of snow have fallen across southeastern Minnesota, central Wisconsin, and northern Michigan.

The major winter storm impacting the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes will gradually wind down today. Heavy snow and strong winds will continue to produce blizzard conditions and significant travel impacts today.

Major winter storm continues today across the upper Midwest to the upper Great Lakes go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

An anomalously early heatwave begins to intensify and expand east across the western U.S go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Critical Risk of fire weather shifts farther south toward the lower Texas coast today go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Severe thunderstorms likely to sweep across the entire eastern U.S. with the highest threat over the interior Mid-Atlantic late today go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

🚨 Major Mid-March Blizzard! ❄️💨 Widespread impacts from the High Plains to Great Lakes through Mon. 1-2+ft snow, Rates 1-3"/hr, Winds 30-50 mph; Whiteouts likely. Travel will be dangerous/impossible. Power outages possible. Stay safe! Updates at weather.gov

An anomalously early heatwave will begin to build over the western U.S. heading into the weekend go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

A winter storm will gradually develop across the northern High Plains today into Saturday before expanding and intensifying across the northern Plains later on Saturday, reaching into the upper Midwest Sunday morning go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Active Atmospheric River pattern bringing heavy lower elevation/coastal rain and high elevation snow to the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies go.usa.gov/cu3Wx

Intense clipper-like system bringing heavy snow across the Upper Midwest into the Upper Great Lakes early today along with widespread blustery conditions go.usa.gov/cu3Wx