Weather

The circulation from the nor’easter that hit this week will continue to bring cold air and create brisk conditions over much of the Northeast on Saturday. Snow showers are projected to gradually diminish from the Eastern Great Lakes to Northern New England. Dry air and some sunshine are forecast from part of the Upper Midwest to the Middle Atlantic coast.

Farther southwest, rain and thunderstorms will gather from the western and central Gulf Coast to the lower Mississippi and Tennessee valleys. There’s a risk of a few severe thunderstorms from late Saturday to Saturday night from the lower Mississippi Valley to the central Gulf Coast. This risk includes damaging winds, hail and perhaps a few tornadoes. Flash flooding cannot be ruled out over the South Central and Southeastern states as the storm drifts east. As the storm encounters colder air over the southern Appalachians and the lower part of the Middle Atlantic, wet snow will fall. Spotty snow is forecast for portions of the Northern Plains.

As sun boosts temperatures over the Northwest, a storm is forecast to approach California from the Pacific Ocean. The storm will bring clouds and heavy rain to much of the state with snow limited to the high country of the Sierra Nevada.

Focus: Watching Atlantic Storm for Next Week

A storm center moving off the Carolina coast will track to the northeast and strengthen early next week. Depending on how far north and west the storm tracks, there could be strong winds, coastal flooding and possible power outages along the northeast Coast.