Weather in America: February 26, 2024
FOX Weather has you covered with breaking forecasts and weather headlines for the weather in America on Monday, February 26, 2024. Get the latest news from FOX meteorologist Britta Merwin.
Welcome to FOX Weather's daily weather update. It's Monday, February 26, 2024. Start your day with everything you need to know about today's weather. You can also get a quick summary of the national, regional and local weather whenever you want with the FOX Weather Update podcast.
The cross-country storm begins its attack in the western mountains
The FOX Forecast Center is tracking a powerful storm across the country impacting the West to start the work week. Feet of snow are expected to fall across the region's various mountain ranges, and could also create blizzard conditions at some higher elevations.
The Cascades region of Washington and Oregon is expected to be hit hard by winter weather, with this storm being the most impactful since early January. The FOX Forecast Center said there is a high chance of more than 2 feet of snow through Tuesday at elevations above 1,500 feet.
However, Washington's high mountain passes, including Snoqualmie and Oregon Pass, could see up to 4 feet of snow locally as the storm sweeps across the West on its way to the Midwest later this week.
Low snow levels will also bring some light snow to valley floors Monday night into Tuesday morning, likely including portions of the Interstate 5 corridor between Seattle and Portland, Oregon.
Severe weather threatens nearly 45 million people in the Midwest by Tuesday
As the storm moves across the country to the east, it will bring the threat of severe weather to major Midwestern cities like St. Louis, Chicago and Indianapolis by Tuesday.
Severe thunderstorms threaten nearly 45 million people from parts of the mid-Mississippi Valley across the southwest Great Lakes from late Tuesday afternoon through the evening and overnight hours.
Strong to severe storms that develop will be capable of producing large hail, damaging wind gusts, and a few tornadoes.
Rising temperatures could shatter more than 300 temperature records this week
An unseasonable warm spell will continue to spread across much of the United States this week, with high temperatures from Texas to the Midwest looking more like May than the end of winter weather.
Record temperatures are expected to fall through the middle of the week, and Monday and Tuesday are expected to be the warmest days in the Plains and Midwest. On Monday, more than 250 million Americans will see above-average temperatures.
When combined with the expected number of record highs and record warm lows, more than 300 record temperatures could be matched or broken between Monday and Wednesday.
Watch this
A sunlit waterfall at just the right time created the illusion of lava spewing from a volcano flowing down the side of El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park, and this stunning and popular national park event was captured at a magical time. Video from last week.
Watch: Stunning time-lapse video showing Firefall in all its glory
A time-lapse video shows the magical fire waterfall at Horsetail Fall, a seasonal waterfall within Yosemite National Park. The fire occurs when the sun sets and sends beams of light shining to give the illusion that a river of molten lava is flowing off El Capitan.
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