We really seem to be in a back-and-forth of one week of cooler, wetter weather in the central U.S., and then another week of hotter, drier weather, as the battle between spring and summer continues.

The next several days will be marked by a cool upper-level low/trough pattern in the north-central U.S., making for slightly cooler-than-normal temperatures and unsettled, showery weather.

The cool front that swept into much of the northern and central U.S. Monday night is still evident — stalled out across the central U.S. Thursday — just by looking at the dew points:

The moisture sufficient for any real severe storms (dew points of 60 degrees +) will be confined to the southern half of the country mostly into the weekend. That means severe weather outlooks remain mostly in the central and

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