Heavy Eastern U.S. Rain From Nicole – National Weather Outlook For November 11, 2022

National Weather Forecast

Nicole will continue to weaken and eventually merge with a frontal system in the Southeast/Mid-Atlantic on Friday, still bringing heavy rain, stronger wind gusts, and a few tornadoes to the region. Meanwhile, the system that brought blizzard conditions and ice to the Northern Plains/Upper Midwest will move across the Great Lakes with rain and snow. Another system in the Southern Plains will bring a strong storm threat. And finally, a system working toward the Pacific Northwest will lead to another round of rain and higher-elevation snow.

While heavy snow tapers off Thursday Night in the upper Midwest, totals could top a foot across North Dakota and northern Minnesota from that system moving through. Heavy rain amounts of 2-5” will be possible in the eastern United States through the weekend due to whatever is left of Nicole merging with a frontal boundary and moving up the East Coast.

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