Friday's forecast: High heat West, soggy East

A soggy, humid Friday is on tap for much of the eastern U.S. while hot, dry weather takes hold in the West.

East: Friday will be quite wet for the eastern half of the U.S. Some of the heaviest precipitation will be in the Mid-Atlantic and coastal New England.

South, central U.S.: Storms will also fire up across the lower Mississippi Valley and southern Plains throughout Friday.

West: Thanks to an upper-level ridge of high pressure continuing to sit over the western U.S., temperatures should be 5 to 15 degrees above average on Friday. A few monsoon storms will hit the Southwest.

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Weather history for July 29: In 1992, a rare tornado touched down in Big Delta, Alaska, the first in the state since 1979. In 1994, Nevada’s all-time record high temperature of 125 degrees was set in Laughlin.