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Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding in the West; Heat Expands in the Central U.S.

Monsoonal moisture will produce showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain over parts of the Southwest, Great Basin, and Central Rockies through Monday. Flash flooding is possible, especially in and around burn scars and in areas of steep terrain. Heat will persist across the Central U.S. early this week, spreading into the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic later this week. Read More >

For the period from January through March, Southwest Michigan has a between 33% to 40% chance above normal temperatures, and a greater than 40% chance of above normal precipitation. This means the warmer period of temperature will prevail over the colder periods of temperature.  There is a overall trend for wetter than normal precipitation over the past 10 years for Southwest Lower Michigan during this time period. There has been no significant trend in the temperature for this period in the past 10 years.