The weather will be quite the story for the United States this weekend and in the coming days. Major extreme events will impact the country from coast-to-coast and will affect everything from college football, NFL Sunday games, and a high-profile concert. Here’s the breakdown.

On the East Coast, an early season Nor’easter will lash the coastal states and cities along the I-95 corridor. The region should expect dangerous coastal flooding, beach erosion, strong wind gusts, heavy rainfall, and large breaking waves from Virginia to Massachusets. The Nor’easter is expected to be near the coast of New Jersey by Saturday. To make things worse, storm-related coastal flooding will coincide with High Tide. The satellite image above shows the storm coming together off the East Coast as I write this article.

The major cities in the region can also expect wind gusts ranging in the 20 to 65 miles per hour range. Cities like Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C. and New York could see gusts in that range, but the highest values will be found in eastern Long Island and southeastern New England. Expected weather has already forced the cancelation of the highly-publicized Ed Sheeran concert at Gillette Stadium in the Boston area. I also expect any major league baseball, NFL, and college football games being played in the Northeast to be significantly impacted or postponed because of the storm.

Hurricane Nolo And Hawaii

At the same time, Hurricane Nolo is affecting the Hawaiian Islands. For an unprecedented third time this year, Hawaii had been under a Hurricane Watch. “Although hurricanes can affect Hawaii from time to time, prior to this year only 6 hurricanes on record – Dot (1959), Iwa (1982), Iniki (1992), Iselle (2014), Douglas (2020), and Hone (2024) – have passed within 50 miles of the state,” wrote hurricane expert Michael Lowry. Though Nolo will not make landfall, it will scrape south of the islands and could produce rainfall totals measured in feet, especially for the Big Island.

Hurricane Nolo is not the only hurricane in the basin. Hurricane Polo and Hurricane Odalys are also making their presence felt, and two new areas are expected to further develop in the coming days. Hurricane Polo, at the time of writing, is a Category 5 storm and has been at or near that intensity for several days. The storm is forecast to make landfall in the Baja California peninsula of Mexico early next week.

My colleague Brian McNoldy is one of the nation’s top hurricane experts. He made the point that it is interesting and rare to see portions of the state of New Mexico covered in a hurricane cone issued by the National Hurricane Center. That has possible implications for the fourth weather story that I am watching this weekend.

Monsoon Rains In The Southwest

Parts of the U.S. Southwest will continue to see monsoonal moisture stream into the region. Extreme rainfall and flooding have been a story there for the past several days. "Continued rises on area rivers and streams is expected today as runoff works its way through these systems, notably the PecosRiver," warned the NWS in New Mexico. “Another surge of monsoon moisture and thunderstorm chances increase late Sunday night into Monday, resulting in another stretch of increased flash flooding risk through Wednesday,” They continued.

“Deep tropical Pacific and Gulf moisture should return ahead of the large-scale troughing into an unsettled/cooled West, bringing widespread rain to the Four Corners states northward and eastward into early next week,” noted the NWS Weather Prediction Center. The moisture associated with what is left of Hurricane Polo could amplify flood risks in the Southwest.

The Atlantic Basin And Cloud Seeding Myths

As we expected, the Atlantic hurricane basin remains relatively quiet. During El Niño years, the Pacific basin is typically more active, and the Atlantic basin is more muted due to increased wind shear. There are two systems of note in the basin right now, but neither of them is expected to amount to anything. However, I wanted to use this fifth entry to further dismiss false conspiracy theories related to cloud seeding.

“A strong El Niño event has led to a quiet start to the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. But on social media, posts are ignoring the natural cycle, lauding controversial bills that ban weather modification for the lack of storms in Florida,” wrote Manon Jacob. “Scientists have repeatedly said technology capable of creating or steering hurricanes does not exist and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told AFP that the slow season resulted from meteorological factors forecast months ahead,” He went on to say in his fact-checking article . It’s baffling and scary that we have to swat this stuff down from time to time, but that’s sadly the world we live in.