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All Rights Reserved. Climate US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once The United States is getting slammed by a stretch of March weather extremes, from flooding rain to record heat and late-season snow. [] By SETH BORENSTEIN Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Comments Share * Facebook * Copy Link copied * Print * Email * X * LinkedIn * Bluesky * Flipboard * Pinterest * Reddit Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be. Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern Great Lakes states. And the dreaded polar vortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing Arctic chill. This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash has already hit much of the East. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C., residents walked around in shorts in record-breaking 86 degrees Fahrenheit (about 30 C). On Thursday, it snowed. "All of the country, even if you're not necessarily seeing extremes, are going to see generally changing from cold to warm, or warm to cold to warm," said meteorologist Marc Chenard of the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center in Maryland. Former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Ryan Maue said he expects extreme weather in all 50 states. Triple-digit heat persists in Southwest Construction workers spray water during an unseasonably hot day at MacArthur Park on Thursday, Mar. 12, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ Ryan Sun) Construction workers spray water during an unseasonably hot day at MacArthur Park on Thursday, Mar. 12, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ Ryan Sun) Construction workers spray water during an unseasonably hot day at MacArthur Park on Thursday, Mar. 12, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ Ryan Sun) Construction workers spray water during an unseasonably hot day at MacArthur Park on Thursday, Mar. 12, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ Ryan Sun) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share * Facebook * Copy Link copied * Print * Email * X * LinkedIn * Bluesky * Flipboard * Pinterest * Reddit Read More A heat dome will form early next week and park over the Southwest, baking temperatures to triple digits that haven't been seen this early in the year, Maue and Chenard said. Some forecasts see 98 F (almost 37 C) in Phoenix on Tuesday, followed by 103, 105 and two days of 107 (almost 42 C). In 137 years of record-keeping, Phoenix never hit 100 before March 26 and usually hit its first 100-degree day in early May, according to the weather service, which warned: "Since we are not acclimated to this level of heat this early in the year, it will be more impactful than usual." Related Stories Locals search for the bodies of mudslide victims in the Gacho Baba district of the Gamo Zone in southern Ethiopia on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (Gacho Baba District Government Communication Affairs Department via AP) Ethiopia declares 3 days of mourning after landslides in the south kill 80 people 1 MIN READ Brittany Hudak, of Canada, competes in the cross country skiing women's 10Km interval start classic standing final at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/ Evgeniy Maloletka) As Paralympians ski in shorts and T-shirts, some ask: Shouldn't these Games be earlier? 5 MIN READ Food is distributed at a donation site during an unseasonably warm day Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Winter heat wave sends temperatures into the 90s in Southern California 1 MIN READ It has already started in Los Angeles, with unusual 90-degree March weather that had people in shorts and tank tops seeking shade wherever they could find it, even if it was as slender as a light post. Shane Dixon, 40, usually runs about 5 miles (8.05 kilometers) near his home in Culver City without much effort, he said, his face glistening with sweat and his T-shirt tucked into his shorts. But Thursday was hard because of the heat, and he had to cut it short. "The back of my neck was melting," he said. But he preferred it to the cold and snow that will hit elsewhere. "I could go literally soak myself and walk out in the sun, and I'll make it home fine. If it was freezing cold, I could not do this," he said. Single-digit cold invades North The U.S. Capitol is seen during a snowy day on Capitol Hill Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) The U.S. Capitol is seen during a snowy day on Capitol Hill Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) The U.S. Capitol is seen during a snowy day on Capitol Hill Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) The U.S. Capitol is seen during a snowy day on Capitol Hill Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share * Facebook * Copy Link copied * Print * Email * X * LinkedIn * Bluesky * Flipboard * Pinterest * Reddit Read More Around the same time as the heat starts blasting Phoenix, the polar vortex -- a system that usually keeps frigid air penned up near the North Pole -- is forecast to send its chill deep into the Midwest and East, even bordering some of the Southeast, Maue said. Minneapolis will hover around zero (-18 C) for a low, and Chicago will be in the single digits Tuesday. The next day, "temperatures in the teens and 20s in the Northeast and 20s in the Mid-Atlantic," Maue said. Even Atlanta could drop to the 20s. One-two snowstorm punch Two storm systems in a row -- one Friday, then another Sunday into Monday -- will chug along the country's northern tier and Great Lakes and between them could dump 3 to 4 feet (0.91 to 1.22 meters) of snow in places, Maue said. That bigger second storm system will see its barometric pressure drop so quickly and sharply -- meaning it is intensifying and winds are strengthening -- that it will qualify as a bomb cyclone, which is quite unusual to develop over land. Normally, bomb cyclones get their energy from warm ocean waters, but this one will draw from the polar vortex. Just south of the area in Michigan where the heavy snow will hit, there's potential for a significant ice storm, said meteorologist Jeff Masters with Yale Climate Connections. Big winds are coming to Texas An area stretching from Kansas south through Oklahoma and cutting through to Texas to the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to get high winds in the 60 mph (97 kph) range with gusts a bit higher Sunday night, Masters said. San Antonio and Austin are in the high wind area, and places where there hasn't been a lot of rain will have a heightened wildfire risk, Masters said. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen declared an emergency and mobilized the National Guard to help fight two dozen wildfires that have burned more than 550 square miles (about 1,424 square kilometers) of range and grassland. Strong winds with gusts up to 60 mph (97 kph) and low humidity have fueled the fires and made them difficult to contain, but no one has been injured so far, the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency said Friday. Even Alaska and Hawaii aren't quite right Maue said Hawaii is getting an atmospheric river with such persistent heavy rain that flooding will be a major issue. Oahu is under a flash flood warning. And Alaska is normally frigid now, but it will be about 30 degrees colder than usual, he said. It is "the time of year where we can see stuff like this," Chenard said. "But this does seem even anomalous from what you would typically see. I mean, some of these areas will be setting records. Record-high temperatures for March and maybe multiple times." In the past week or so, tornadoes have killed at least eight people in Oklahoma, Michigan and Indiana. The forecast for severe storms doesn't look as big or widespread for the next week, but dangerous thunderstorms could pop up "anywhere from the Mississippi Valley toward the East Coast" on Sunday or Monday, Chenard said. The jet stream goes nuts People cover themselves from the heat with umbrellas while waiting at a food distribution site Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) People cover themselves from the heat with umbrellas while waiting at a food distribution site Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) People cover themselves from the heat with umbrellas while waiting at a food distribution site Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) People cover themselves from the heat with umbrellas while waiting at a food distribution site Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share * Facebook * Copy Link copied * Print * Email * X * LinkedIn * Bluesky * Flipboard * Pinterest * Reddit Read More Underlying this is a jet stream gone wild, Maue and Chenard said. The jet stream is the river of air that moves weather from west to east on a roller coaster-like path. Usually, the plunges are as mild as a kiddie roller coaster. But now that jet stream is barreling down near-vertical, scream-inducing drops, followed by straight-up ascents. "Which means you get a lot of extremes next to each other," Maue said. Storm fronts coming from the Pacific hit that high pressure heat dome in the Southwest and are pushed north to climb that mountainous jet stream peak, "grab access to that cold air reservoir up there" and bring it back down south down the other side of the hill, he said. Numerous studies have connected unusual jet stream and polar vortex activity to shrinking Arctic sea ice and human-caused climate change. But there is hope. "The first day of spring is 20th (of March), and then after that we get recovery," Maue said. ___ Associated Press writer Dorany Pineda contributed from Los Angeles; Margery Beck contributed from Omaha, Nebraska. ___ The Associated Press' climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP's standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org. SETH BORENSTEIN SETH BORENSTEIN Borenstein is an Associated Press science writer, covering climate change, disasters, physics and other science topics. He is based in Washington, D.C. twitter mailto Most read 1. ROTC students at Old Dominion University subdued and killed shooter who left 1 dead, 2 hurt 5 MIN READ 119 2. 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