Tuesday's Weather Outlook

Stay vigilant for another round of severe thunderstorms on Tuesday as a powerful cold front topples eastward.

Luckily, threats of tornadoes, hail, and damaging winds will not be as extensive as Monday's storms, but instead of the Upper Midwest, the Ohio Valley and eastern Great Lakes are brought into focus. Unfortunately, the southern Plains are still at risk under a stagnant southern boundary of the front.

Although severe risks line up intermittently along the cold front Tuesday afternoon, scattered thunderstorms and showers will be much more common from Texas all the way through Maine. While the Upper Midwest will at least see morning rain and isolated thunderstorms, the Southeast instead remains pleasantly dry throughout the day.

In the Northwest, a separate weather system brings separate hazards of wintry weather as Tuesday progresses. Expect conditions to spread from just morning showers coastal Washington into the central Rockies and far northwestern Plains by the evening. It will also bring a wintry mix and even snow at the highest elevations.

When it comes to Tuesday's highs, although 90s are only brought into view in southern Texas, heated 70s and 80s blanket the far U.S. Southern Tier through the Mid-Atlantic and Lower Midwest into Maine ahead of the cold front. To the rear, 50s and 60s cover a similarly large area, encompassing the Pacific Northwest, the Intermountain West, the northern and central Plains, most of the Upper Midwest, and the interior Northeast. 

Few corridors will hold a chill in the 40s and 30s across the day, but they will be found in northern Minnesota and along the high peaks of the Rockies and Cascades.