Rain chances increase across central US as storm system taps Gulf moisture

A developing storm system will trigger showers and thunderstorms from the Rockies into the Plains and Midwest, possibly bring rain to major cities in the region.

HURRICANE SIMON'S MOISTURE FUELS CROSS-COUNTRY MULTIDAY FLOOD THREAT FOR 40 MILLION FROM TEXAS TO ILLINOIS

Tropical moisture associated with Hurricane Simon is being drawn northward into the southern Plains, where it will interact with a slow-moving front and an upper-level storm system to fuel heavy rain and thunderstorms across parts of Texas and the central U.S.

Hurricane Simon will continue moving toward the coast of Mexico through the end of the week, and as the storm weakens, it will funnel tropical moisture into the Plains, fueling a multiday threat of severe storms and flooding.

RACHEL'S REMNANTS FUEL MAJOR WEST COAST FLOOD THREAT WITH HEAVY RAINFALL SOAKING MILLIONS

A developing storm system will bring rain and thunderstorms to parts of the central U.S. Tuesday as a closed low moves out of the West and pulls increasingly humid air northward from the Gulf.

The National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center said the system will maintain cool, wet conditions across the Rockies while shifting the focus of showers and thunderstorms into the Plains and Midwest.

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The unsettled pattern will continue across the Plains and Midwest through the middle of the week as tropical moisture from Simon interacts with the slow-moving storm.

The FOX Forecast Center said that repeated rounds of rain and thunderstorms could produce locally heavy rainfall, flash flooding and isolated severe weather before cooler, drier air pushes in behind the system.

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