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Sunday's Weather Outlook

May 4, 2024
By WeatherBug's Domenic Brooks
Sunday is Cinco de Mayo and for any folks celebrating outdoors, there is a decent chance you may be met with rain as storms wash out plans across a wide swath of the nation.  

A disturbance brewing across the southern Plains will spell showers and thunderstorms from Texas into the Lower Mississippi Valley throughout the day. Some of the storm activity may become strong to briefly severe, with gusty winds being the main concern.   

Excluding the Upper Midwest, most places east of the Mississippi River will see showers at some point on Sunday. A cold front draped from the Mid-Mississippi Valley up through the Great Lakes will produce scattered storms throughout the day for much of the Ohio Valley while also contributing to storm development across the East Coast.

Further to the west, the storm system that crashed into the West Coast on Saturday will push further eastward on Sunday. This will likely spell a mix of rain and snow showers across the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, and much of the Rockies throughout the day. The higher elevations will likely see the heaviest snowfall while the valleys receive mostly rain.   

High pressure will move overhead of the northern and central Plains, as well as the Upper Midwest, creating an overall pleasant day. The only thing of note will be gusty winds across parts of the High Plains. Much of the Southwest should also manage to stay clear and dry as well.  

There will be quite the spread of temperatures to close out the weekend, with 60s, 70s and 80s found from the Great Plains into the Ohio Valley and Southeast. The warmest spots will be reserved for the Desert Southwest, southern Texas, and a few spots along the Gulf Coast where temperatures will climb into the upper 80s and even low 90s.  

The cooler spots will be reserved for the Northeast, Great Basin and West Coast where temperatures will struggle to break out of the 50s and 60s once more, with 30s and 40s likely across the higher terrain in the West.