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A drier pattern for Thanksgiving Week
Stormy weather will continue for much of the week across northern and central California and the Northwest, with significant, high-elevation snow expected from the Cascades and Sierra Nevada to the northern and central Rockies. Five-day precipitation totals could reach 4 to 8 inches or more in the Sierra Nevada and the Pacific Northwest, west of the Cascades, and 1 to 3 inches in the northern and central Rockies. In contrast, mostly dry weather will prevail through week’s end across the Plains, Southwest, and southern Atlantic region. Warmth will build eastward in advance of the Western storminess, resulting in record-setting, late-week temperatures across the nation’s mid-section. During the weekend, however, a surge of cold air will engulf the Midwestern and Eastern States, preceded by widespread rain (locally 1 to 2 inches from the Great Lakes region into the Northeast) and trailed by lake-effect snow showers.
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures in much of the eastern U.S., while warmer-than-normal weather will stretch from the Pacific Coast to the Plains. Meanwhile, near- to below-normal precipitation across the central and eastern U.S. should contrast with wetter-than-normal conditions in the Far West.
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