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Stormy; cold wave to intensify
During the next couple of days, an Arctic cold front will push southward through the Plains and eastward toward the Atlantic Seaboard. Cold air will also blanket much of the West. Weekend temperatures of -20 to -30º should occur from the northern Rockies into the far upper Midwest, while sub-zero temperatures could threaten poorly established winter wheat on the central Plains unless insulating snow accumulates in advance of the outbreak. However, widespread precipitation will precede and accompany the cold front in several regions, particularly from California to the central and southern Rockies and from South Dakota eastward through the Great Lakes region and into the Northeast. Heavy snow will accumulate at higher elevations of the West and across the northern U.S. Weekend showers and possibly severe thunderstorms can be expected in the Southeast, where rainfall could total 1 to 3 inches. Early next week, precipitation will return to the Northwest. In fact, dry weather during the next 5 days will be mostly confined to parts of the south-central U.S.
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of warmer-than-normal weather across the eastern half of the U.S., while near- to below-normal temperatures can be expected from the Pacific Coast to the High Plains. Meanwhile, near- to above-normal precipitation across most of the nation will contrast with drier-than-normal conditions in southern Florida, southern California, and portions of the north-central U.S.
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