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[February 24, 2010] (AP) Precipitation was expected across much of the U.S. on Wednesday, with a system in the Gulf of Mexico forecast to intensify and become another major storm for the East Coast this week.

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In the East, an area of low pressure off the Mid-Atlantic Coast was expected to slowly weaken as it continued to move north. The system was expected to produce light to moderate snow and coastal rain over parts of the Northeast through Thursday.

The front associated with the system over the Great Lakes was forecast to continue sagging southeast to the Appalachians before dissipating late Wednesday. The storm could produce light snow over parts of the Great Lakes, western Ohio Valley and central Appalachians.

Farther south, a developing system in the central Gulf of Mexico was forecast to lift northeast across the Florida Peninsula and reach the Mid-Atlantic by Wednesday night. Light to moderate rain could fall over parts of the central Gulf Coast, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, while light snow was expected on the northwest side from central Mississippi to the southern Appalachians.

The system was expected to intensify and could become a major storm as it moves north Thursday, with significant precipitation on the East Coast anticipated.

Out West, the storm system that pushed ashore Tuesday was expected to continue moving east across the Intermountain West. By Thursday, light to moderate rain and mountain snow could move from the West Coast into parts of the Great Basin and the northern central Rockies.

On Tuesday, temperatures in the Lower 48 states ranged from a low of minus 20 degrees in Gunnison County, Colo., to a high of 83 degrees at Miami, Fla.

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[Associated Press article from Weather Underground]