GULF OF AMERICA LIGHTS UP! #severeweather #severethunderstorms #lightning #shorts

#HeatWave Expands to the East Coast; #FlashFlooding Likely in the Central Plains into the #Midwest Severe #Thunderstorms in the Northeast
Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of #flashflooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast #Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota

1. Well Southeast of the Hawaiian Islands(EP97):
An area of low pressure located well southeast of the #HawaiianIslands is producing a large area of showers and #severethunderstorms thunderstorms.
Some gradual development of this system is possible, and a tropical
depression could form this weekend or early next week as it
moves generally westward at 10 to 15 mph across the far western
portion of the eastern Pacific and into the Central Pacific basin.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent.

2. Central East Pacific:
An area of low pressure is forecast to form offshore of the
southwestern coast of Mexico early next week. Thereafter,
environmental conditions appear conducive for some development as
the system moves generally west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.

3. Northwestern Gulf:
A trough of low pressure located just off the coast of southwestern
#Louisiana continues to produce disorganized showers and
thunderstorms. This system is moving westward, and it has limited
time to develop before it moves inland over southwestern #Louisiana
or #Texas tonight. Regardless of formation, locally heavy #rainfall
is likely over portions of the northwestern Gulf coast during the
next couple of days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.
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