National Forecast Oct .30, 2013 South - A cold front slowly pushes across the southern Plains, Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley today and tomorrow. - Numerous heavy showers and thunderstorms accompany the front on its eastward journey. - Rainfall of 1 to 3 inches with localized high spots of 3 to 6 inches is possible in central and east Oklahoma, central and east Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, west Tennessee and Mississippi. - Some thunderstorms may become severe producing damaging wind gusts. - Spotty hail and an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. - Thursday night and Friday the front progresses eastward through the Southeast with heavy showers and thunderstorms. Midwest - A strong low pressure system rips out of the Rockies and flies across the Plains and Great Lakes Wednesday and Thursday. - Heavy rain and thunderstorms accompany the storm system both days. - Rainfall of 1 to 3 inches is possible from eastern Kansas through the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. - A few 3 to 5 inch amounts are possible in Missouri, south Illinois, south Indiana and west Kentucky. - Some thunderstorms may become strong producing damaging wind gusts in east Kansas, east Nebraska, west Iowa, west and south Missouri, south Illinois, south Indiana and west Kentucky. - Sustained winds of 15 to 35 mph and gusts over 50 mph are possible in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley as the storm moves through. Northeast - A band of light snow and rain streaks eastward across northern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and southwest Maine through lunchtime Wednesday. - Snow accumulations up to an inch are possible in the Adirondack Mountains, Green Mountains and White Mountains. - A few stray rain showers may briefly wet the ground in southern New England. - Light rain showers are likely in southern West Virginia and western and southern Virginia during the day. - The remainder of the region should be dry. - Rain and showers from the big storm in the middle of the country arrive in western areas later Wednesday night and Thursday. - Rain and strong winds are possible Thursday night and Friday as the system moves through the region. West - The winter storm is winding down, but still produces snow and rain showers in west and south Wyoming, central and west Colorado, northwest New Mexico, northeast Arizona and east Utah. - Additional snowfall of 1 to 3 inches is possible in west Wyoming and northeast Utah. - Another 1 to 5 inches of snow is possible in the Colorado Rockies. - The remainder of the region should be quiet today. - However, showers move into the Northwest Wednesday night and Thursday.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:37:12 +0000