A wide-range of weather ahead from intense heat South to organized Corn Belt rains

Re-intensifying heat in the south-central U.S. will expand to other areas, including the Desert Southwest and the Gulf Coast States, by early next week.  In contrast, cooler-than-normal conditions will linger in parts of the West and from the lower Great Lakes States into the Northeast. 

During the next several days, a low-pressure system crossing the nation’s northern tier could deliver much-needed rainfall, locally 1 to 2 inches or more, across the northern Corn Belt, from the Dakotas to Michigan. 

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