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 In the West, a strong frontal system will sweep across the Pacific Northwest late Wednesday through Thursday morning, bringing showers, heavy snow to the mountains and brief coastal high wind to areas of the Pacific Northwest and northern California. Precipitation will spread across the
northern Intermountain West through the day as the frontal disturbance moves inland. By Thursday night, another system will reach the region with similar precipitation and breezy to windy conditions. This activity will continue into Friday.
In the central U.S., energy ejecting out of the West will kick up rain and thunderstorms in the
northern Plains. To the south, moisture pooling along a stalled frontal boundary extending through the
central Plains and the mid-Mississippi Valley will translate into showers and thunderstorms. Storms across parts of the eastern
central Plains and the mid- and lower Missouri Valley may turn severe with damaging wind gusts. Farther south, additional showers and thunderstorms are expected to spread across the central Texas.
In the East, the low pressure system affecting parts of the Northeast will quickly move east of the region. As this system departs, Maine will see mostly cloudy skies with some lingering snow showers.
Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Wednesday have ranged from a morning low of 8 degrees at Mount Washington, N.H., to a high of 90 degrees at Tampa Macdill AFB, Fla.
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