Labor Day Weekend Weather: What to Expect Across the Country

The last unofficial weekend of the summer is here. Will the weather cooperate with your plans to squeeze the last bit of fun out of the season? Here is a look at the Labor Day weekend forecast across the U.S.

Dry and Hot Weather for the Central U.S. with Storms Roaming the Rims of the Heat Dome

It will still feel like the peak of summer in the nation's mid-section. A heat dome will send the temperatures soaring across the central and southern Plains states and into the Mississippi Valley. Cities such as Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Nashville, Oklahoma City, and Dallas will be sweating it out with readings that hover in the 90s and low 100s, translating to about 8 to 15 degrees above the historical average.

The center of this zone of high pressure will remain high and dry throughout the weekend. It will be a different story for the perimeter of the heat dome, where widespread storms will ignite around these rims.

A large swath of the West, the northern Plains, the Upper Midwest, and the Southeast will all be under the gun for periods of heavy rain and the threat of flash flooding. Beachgoers in California will want to be aware of the offshore tropical activity that could raise the risk of sneaker waves.

Heading farther east, widespread rain showers and thunderstorms could put a damper on outdoor plans for the upper Great Lakes and down into the southern Appalachians. The Northeast is forecast to see cooler-than-average temperatures along with the chance of intermittent rain showers.

The eastern Gulf Coast and the southern Atlantic coastline will also be under the threat of severe weather at various times throughout the weekend. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring a broad area of low pressure producing rain showers and thunderstorms in the eastern Gulf and southwestern Atlantic. While the chances of this zone of activity evolving into a named tropical storm are low at this time, the moisture associated with the system could wash out some holiday weekend plans at the beach and farther inland.