HAPPINESS
IS A WARM CUP
March 15, 2026 12:10 pm
Southern California Overview:
- Marine layer low clouds over the coastal areas this morning will become patchier with less inland extent tonight into Monday
morning. A warming trend begins today with unseasonably hot weather through the week. Temperatures peak Thursday and Friday when highs will be as much as 30 degrees above normal. Both daily and monthly high temperature records are likely to be broken this week. - A major winter storm will bring widespread blizzard conditions across the Northern Plains, upper Midwest and upper Great Lakes today along with widespread high winds through the mid-section of the country. Severe thunderstorms likely to sweep across the Midwest and Mid-South today, and then through the entire eastern U.S. with the highest threat across the Mid-Atlantic on Monday. An anomalously early heatwave begins to intensify across the western U.S.. Critical Risk of fire weather shifts farther south into the Southern High Plains today.