Dan DePodwin

Howling winds out of the west will race across the western Plains to close the workweek.

The third storm in a week is expected to dump significant snowfall in the area.

As Ernesto continues to move westward, the weather will go downhill rapidly in Belize and the rest of the Yucatan Peninsula into Tuesday evening.

The annual return of the North American Monsoon promises to bring thunderstorms.