Scattered thunderstorms, including severe thunderstorms, are expected across the Pacific Northwest through the Northern Rockies onto the northern High Plains, with isolated dry thunderstorms interspersed along and west of the Divide. Dry and windy conditions will develop in the Columbia Gorge, with dry and breezy conditions in the Cascade Gaps and parts of the Columbia Basin as well. Hot, dry, and unstable conditions will extend out of Texas into parts of the Desert Southwest. Scattered mixed wet and dry thunderstorms will develop from southeast Arizona through southern and central New Mexico. Severe thunderstorms are likely on the southern and central High Plains extending northeast into the Upper Midwest and southeast through the Deep South and central Gulf Coast. Showers and thunderstorms will also extend up the East Coast, with flooding likely in areas. Scattered showers will cotinine across western and southern portions of Alaska, with mostly below normal temperatures across the state except in far eastern Alaska and the southern panhandle.