Severe Weather Continues East Into Wednesday – National Weather Outlook For April 5, 2023

by | Apr 5, 2023 | Weather

National Weather Forecast

The system impacting the central United States will continue to move eastward on Wednesday, producing strong storms from portions of the Great Lakes to the lower Mississippi Valley and snow/ice from the Upper Midwest to New England. Some areas of snow will also be possible in the Rockies, with rain and snow back into the Pacific Northwest.

From Tuesday through Thursday, heavy snow will continue to fall across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest, with some areas seeing overall a foot or more of snow. Heavy rain will also fall across the southern United States, with 3”+ of rain possible through the middle of the week.

Snow will continue to fall across the Upper Midwest into Wednesday, with overall multi-day totals of a foot or more possible from the Dakotas into northern Minnesota. With strong wind gusts over 40 mph continuing, blowing and drifting snow will continue to be a concern with whiteout conditions for some.

The severe weather threat will continue eastward into Wednesday, with an Enhanced Risk of severe weather (threat level 3 of 5) from the Great Lakes to the Mid-South. Once again, strong tornadoes, damaging winds, and very large hail will be possible with severe storms across the region.

Meanwhile, the Masters is later this week in Augusta, GA, and it looks like it could be a wet and stormy one – especially Friday into the weekend.

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