Heavy Areas Of Southern U.S. Rainfall – National Weather Outlook For February 9, 2023

by | Feb 9, 2023 | Weather

National Weather Forecast

We’ll be tracking a system moving into the Great Lakes on Thursday, producing inclement weather across much of the eastern half of the country. That’ll include snow and ice from the Northern Plains to the Northeast and strong storms in the Deep South. A new front approaching the West Coast will bring showers and higher-elevation snow to the Pacific Northwest.

The heaviest rain over the next few days will fall from northeastern Texas to the mid-Mississippi Valley, where 2-5” of rain could fall that’ll lead to flooding issues. 6” of snow could fall across parts of southern Wisconsin. Up to a foot of snow could fall in the Cascades.

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