Showery Sunday In The Northwest, Great Lakes, And Northeast – National Weather Outlook For October 15, 2023

by | Oct 15, 2023 | Weather

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National Weather Forecast

On Sunday, a system moving into the Pacific Northwest will bring showers and, for parts of the Cascades, some mixed precipitation. A frontal boundary in place in southern Florida will bring storm chances. Otherwise, some scattered showers are possible in the Great Lakes and parts of the Northeast and Appalachian Mountains. In the Great Lakes, some of these will be lake-effect showers – but warm enough where it is rain, not snow.

A couple of areas of heavier rain are expected through the weekend and into early next week: one along the Pacific Northwest, and a second in parts of the Mid-Atlantic. In both of these areas, rainfall amounts could approach 3” for some.

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