Here is a preview of the weather you can expect this week across the country. It appears that some much needed rainfall will linger over the eastern U.S. from the middle to the latter part of this week as an anomalous upper-level low drops southward from the Great Lakes region into the Appalachians. The upper low could help form a coastal front and low pressure waves near the mid-Atlantic coast, spreading rain northward into New England Friday and Saturday. For further details, check the latest

As seen in this three-day composite water vapor imagery from NOAA's GOES satellites, the Southwest, northern and central Plains, and the upper Midwest have been the weather hot spots so far this week. Of particular note in this loop, which begins July 17, 2017, and ends today, July, 20, are the large areas of atmospheric water vapor over Arizona and Utah; Minnesota, Nebraska, and Iowa; and, toward the end of this animation, Illinois and Indiana. In addition, the National Weather Service says thi

Looking for real-time satellite imagery? NOAA's advanced satellites provide constant monitoring of global weather events around the world 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The GOES East and West satellites provide frequently updated visible and infrared images of the U.S. territories every 30 minutes, while the Suomi NPP satellite provides highly detailed images of the planet every day. This colorized infrared imagery, showing the last three days of weather over the United States, is just one e

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An afternoon view of North America via NOAA's GOES-East satellite shows the clouds and thunderstorms along a cold front pushing across the Midwest and Plains today. | NOAA Satellite and Information Service