Friday's Weather Outlook

Sunny skies and warm weather take up much of the nation on Friday as high pressure settles in. Still, a few problematic areas exist.

Another day of wet weather will soak the coastal Pacific Northwest. Periods of rain will be likely for northwest Oregon and western Washington. Eastern Washington will continue to be dry with the Cascades blocking a lot of the moisture. Some rain will make it into northern Idaho and western Montana. The high terrain of this region will be too warm for accumulating snowfall and rain is all that is anticipated.

A clipper-like disturbance will move through the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley, before sliding into the Northeast. In the morning, rain showers will move out of Michigan and into Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York for the afternoon. A few of these showers will make it into the Mid-Atlantic and coastal Northeast. Light snow will be possible for central to northern Maine with rain being likely everywhere else in New England.

Central to southern Florida will have enough moisture around for more thunderstorms and rain showers. Brief heavy downpours and localized flash flooding are the only threats anticipated. To the north, the Southeast will be dry while being in between systems.

Quiet weather will persist in the Central U.S. from the Plains to the Tennessee Valley. This includes the Lower Midwest, Plains, Mid-South, and Deep South. This is in part from the steady high-pressure system in the Mountain West. More dry weather is likely for the central to southern Rockies, Great Basin, Four Corners, central to southern West Coast, and Desert Southwest.

Cooler air in the 30s and 40s remain in the Northeast and the Upper Midwest, as well as in the high terrain of the northern Cascades and northern Rockies. A mix of 40s and 50s will be common in the northern Mid-Atlantic, northern West Coast, and high terrain of the central Rockies. Fifties and 60s are likely for the southern Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley.

Sixties and 70s are in the forecast for the northern Plains, Lower Midwest, and Southeast. The central Plains, Mid-South, Deep South, Great Basin, central West Coast, and Four Corners will feel 70s and 80s. Hot 80s and 90s will be common in the southern Plains and southern West Coast. High heat in the 90s and even 100s will take up the Desert Southwest!