Heavy Rain In The Deep South With Snow In The Central Plains – National Weather Outlook For January 21, 2023

by | Jan 21, 2023 | Weather

Heavy Rain

National Weather Forecast

On Saturday, a system moving through the central United States will bring the potential of snow and mixed precipitation from the southern Rockies across the Central Plains. Another low in the Gulf of Mexico will start to spread showers and storms across the Gulf Coast and Southeast Saturday into Saturday Night. A cold front near the Pacific Northwest will produce rain and snow chances.

Heavy snow will fall through the weekend in a stripe from southeastern Colorado to the Great Lakes. The heaviest, in Colorado and western Kansas, could total up over 6”. Snow will also be possible in the mountains up in the Northwest. Meanwhile, over 3” of rain could fall the next few days across portions of the Southeast.

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