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The weekend will be full of big changes as spring weather returns to more of the U.S. A late-season surprise will bring some much-needed rain to a parched part of the U.S.
Saturday
A fresh batch of spring storms will be in full swing across Texas and the South Saturday. Eastern Texas, the Ozarks, and the lower Mississippi Valley will wake up heavy rain and thunderstorms. As the day progresses, the storms will move eastward and likely strengthen, with severe storms possible across northern Florida, the Southeast and the Carolinas. Temperatures will reach into the upper 70s and low 80s before the rain arrives.
The same system bringing the southern storms will also produce pockets of rain and an afternoon thunderstorm or two across central Mississippi Valley, the lower Midwest, Ohio, and Tennessee valleys and the southern Mid-Atlantic. The rain and associated clouds will keep temperatures in the 50s and low 60s.
A cold front edging southward over the northern Rockies, northern Plains and Upper Midwest will produce a few snow showers across the Minnesota Arrowhead and the western Great Lakes. The front will also bring a new shot of unseasonably cold temperatures. Afternoon highs will only be in the low to middle 40s.
If that was not enough, a late-season Pacific storm will move across the Northwest. This system will bring beneficial rain to drought-stricken areas of northern California, the Northwest, Intermountain West, and northern Rockies. A few higher elevations spots of the Cascades and northern Rockies will receive heavy snow. Highs will be in the 50s, with colder 40s found in higher elevations.
The Northeast, Florida, southern and west-central Plains, southern Rockies, Southwest, Great Basin, and central and southern California will have a sunny Saturday. The Southwest and southern Texas will have the hottest temperatures with afternoon highs in the 90s expected. Not too far behind, Florida, interior southern California and the southern Great Basin will have highs in the 80s. The rest of the spots will be in the 60s, with 70s found across parts of southern Rockies and eastern Great Basin.
Sunday
The big spring storm moving across the South on Saturday will remain a big weather influence Sunday. It will bring morning rain and thunderstorms across the southern Mid-Atlantic while a cold rain spread across the Northeast. The rain will end across the mid-Atlantic later in the day, allowing some afternoon sunshine. The tail-end of this system could also produce a few morning thunderstorms across northern Florida. Afternoon highs will only be in the 50s and 60s through the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
A warm front moving across the northern Plains will produce a few rain showers Sunday afternoon, with wet snow possible across parts of central Minnesota and North Dakota. Highs will be in the 50s, with the northern Plains and upper Midwest being in the middle 40s.
The West Coast will continue its stormy pattern as a new Pacific storm moves ashore. This system will take an even more southern track compared to Saturday system, bringing more needed rain to the West Coast, with more parts of central and northern California and the Western Great Basin receiving rain. Snow will fall across the Sierra and the mountains ringing the northern Great Basin, adding more water to an area in desperate need of it. Afternoon highs will only be in the 50s and low 60s as the rain falls. The snowy mountains will be colder.
The Southwest, southern and central Rockies, Texas, southern and central Plains, Lower and central Mississippi Valley, Midwest, South and Southeast will have a sunny Sunday. A return of Spring will be felt across the Southwest, southern and central Rockies, Texas and much of the western and central Plains. Highs will be in the 60s and 70s, with 80s found across Texas, the Southern Rockies and Southwest. A few spots in the Desert Southwest and southern Texas will climb into the low 90s.
The South, Southeast and northern Florida will be slightly colder than normal as afternoon highs struggle to climb into the low 70s. Southern and central Florida will hit the low 80s.