The annual arrival of the Santa Ana winds in California and parts of the Southwest has arrived sparking more fire issues for Southern California. Although things are not yet as bad as in 2018, the concern is growing as emergency electricity blackouts have been ordered for many parts of California.
A lowering of the temperatures along the West Coast coupled with some cloud cover will aid the firefighters and utility workers fighting to avoid a repeat of 2018.
Another area of damaging weather will develop in the Deep South bringing showers and pop-up storms to the region that will spread on Tuesday.
The PG&E utility company has been struggling since taking much of the blame for the development of the devastating wildfires in California in 2018. To avoid a repeat of these issues, the utility company has been working to reduce the risk of more wildfires by introducing rolling blackouts for many of its customers in Southern California.
Many meteorologists are warning this could become the norm as the Santa Ana winds intensify across Southern California compared to previous years. Monday will see a little relief for those affected by wildfires as the temperatures fall along the West Coast to 67 in Los Angeles with some clouds covering the sky.
These improving conditions for firefighters and the workers of PG&E will continue to improve into Tuesday as wildfire issues begin to recede.
The only other area of concern for forecasters at The Weather Channel is the Deep South where more rain and pop-up afternoon storms will develop over the course of Monday.
This area of rain will continue to improve the drought conditions that are being seen from Louisiana into the Mid-Atlantic. Monday's rain will stretch from eastern Texas through Louisiana to move along the Gulf Coast into southern Mississippi and parts of south Alabama.
Temperatures throughout this part of the South will remain a little above the seasonal average with Houston, Texas, and Mobile, Alabama hitting highs of 83 with possible afternoon storms.
A few showers will cling to the Carolina coast where Charleston, South Carolina will reach a high of 82 with some afternoon storms arriving late in the day.
In the Northeast and Midwest, the afternoon highs will continue to be low with the chill of Fall arriving each morning as Chicago hits a sunny high of 53.
The wintry weather of the last few days in the Northern Plains and High Plains will not be seen for most apart from a small section of the higher elevations of Montana.
By Tuesday, Southern California should continue to feel a little more comfortable as the Santa Ana winds continue to recede and limit the spread of wildfires.
The main concern for Tuesday will be on the eastern half of the U.S. where storms and showers will develop from Texas to the Carolina Coast with Atlanta, Georgia falling to a high of 69 with heavy rain.
This band of showers and storms will spread north into the Midwest and Great Lakes. A few snow showers could also push into the Upper Midwest to reach parts of North Dakota and Minnesota.
