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An active pattern to resume before Christmas
Lingering impacts from a weekend cold outbreak will subside as warmer air overspreads much of the nation. By mid-week, near- to above-normal temperatures will cover the central, eastern, and southwestern U.S. Toward week’s end, however, cold weather will return to the northern Plains and the Northwest. Meanwhile, precipitation will be light or non-existent during the next 5 days in many parts of the country. In fact, completely dry weather can be expected in southern California and from the central and southern Plains to the central and southern Appalachians. Some periods of light precipitation should occur across the lower Southeast and from the northern Plains into the Northeast, but heavy precipitation will be confined to the northern Rockies and the Pacific Northwest.
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures across the South, East, and lower Midwest, while colder-than-normal conditions should dominate the western half of the U.S. Meanwhile, wetter-than-normal weather across most of the country will contrast with below-normal precipitation in California, southernmost Texas, and the northern Plains.
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