Springlike warmth to flood US again this week with numerous record highs threatened

Springlike warmth to flood US again this week with numerous record highs threatened

Arctic air will remain absent from the U.S. for the next two weeks as a ridge of high pressure parks itself over southern Canada and the jet stream floods the nation with mild air from the Pacific Ocean. Temperatures will be 10-25 degrees above average in the Plains and Midwest, translating to highs in the 50s and 60s. Starting Tuesday, numerous record-high temperatures will likely fall each day across the Upper Midwest. Minneapolis could set a record high four days in a row. By this weekend, the mid-Atlantic ad Northeast will flirt with record highs as temperatures climb into the 50s and 60s.