Weather

A much cooler air mass ahead for much of the Heartland; showers on the Plains

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures nationwide, except for hotter-than-normal weather in southern Texas, peninsular Florida, northern and central California, and an area stretching from the Pacific Northwest to the northern High Plains. 

Meanwhile, near- or above-normal rainfall along and southwest of a line from Montana to the Carolinas should contrast with drier-than-normal conditions in much of the Great Lakes region and the Northeast.