Texas Heavy Rain Threat – National Weather Outlook For November 10, 2023

by | Nov 10, 2023 | Weather

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National Weather Forecast

On Friday, a frontal boundary and several areas of low pressure will be in place from the Southern Plains to the Mid-Atlantic, bringing showers and thunderstorms (with some snow mixing in in the Appalachians and New Mexico). Mixed precipitation will be possible across the Great Lakes. We’ll also track rain and snow in the Northwestern U.S.

Heavy rain will impact southern and southeastern Texas through Saturday, with some areas receiving at least 3-5” of rainfall from Houston to Brownsville.

The heaviest snow through the first half of the weekend will be in the Washington Cascades, where several feet of snow is expected to accumulate.

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