For much of the nation, the holiday weekend will be a quiet one, weather wise, with mostly dry conditions for a majority of Americans. But parts of the Midwest and Florida are the exceptions:
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Labor Day weekend forecast: Winners and losers of summer’s last hurrah
As Americans celebrate summer‘s last big weekend, a vast majority of the nation will do so without significant weather impacts. But Mother Nature does look to dampen the holiday weekend spirits for parts of the Plains, Gulf Coast and Florida.
While dry elsewhere, much of the U.S. will be running cooler than average, which may make those last-minute vacations feel a bit brisk. Below-average temperatures are expected to settle in through at least Labor Day.
Saturday Labor Day weekend forecast map.
Area to watch for possible tropical development bubbles up in Atlantic Ocean
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring an area to watch for possible tropical development in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa over the next week.
The NHC said that a tropical wave is expected to emerge off the western coast of Africa by this weekend to the south of the Cabo Verde Islands, which were hit hard by a tropical system, known as Invest 97Lthat eventually became Hurricane Erin.
(FOX Weather)
September weather outlook pits warm forecasts against cool signals
The FOX Forecast Center is eyeing a complicated weather pattern heading into September, with competing signals emerging as to what to expect during the first month of meteorological fall.
While NOAA’s latest monthly outlook calls for a likelihood of warmer-than-average temperatures across most of the country, but shorter-term projections suggest at least the start of September will remain cooler than average across the eastern two-thirds of the country.
September temperature & precipitation outlook
(NOAA)
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