After several days of active weather from the Mississippi Valley into the eastern U.S., more tranquil weather is on tap moving into this weekend.
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The surface frontal boundary that has been the focus of this active weather will continue to push off the east coast on Friday.
Lake effect snow showers in the wake of this front will diminish Friday night across northern New England.
Temperatures will be below average this weekend from the Great Lakes into the northeast, but not nearly as cold as the previous cold air outbreak last weekend.
The southern portion of the front moving off the east coast will become stationary across central Florida Friday afternoon, remaining across this region through the weekend.
This front will be the focus for potentially heavy rains and severe weather late Saturday afternoon into Saturday night as an area of disturbed weather is forecast to push off the eastern Gulf of Mexico and ride from west to east along this frontal boundary.
A fast moving frontal system moving into the Plains Friday night will move into the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley on Saturday and east coast/northeast on Sunday.
The fast movement of this system should keep any associated precipitation on the light side.
Another fast moving system will emerge out of the Northern Rockies on Saturday and move into the Northern Plains on Sunday.
Similar to the lead system, the expected quick movement should limit precipitation potential across these areas.
The recent dry weather pattern across the Pacific Northwest to the west of the Cascades will be coming to an end late this weekend as precipiation begins to move back in associated with a cold front moving off the northeast Pacific.
This will be the beginning of a multi day precipitation event that will linger into the early part of next week.
While he Pacific Northwest has seen below average precipitation over the past few weeks, areas to the west of the Cascades from western Washington State into northwest Oregon are one of the few areas of the west not experiencing drought conditions. ■
Predominant upper-level ridging stretching from the Southwest to the southern High Plains will allow for another day of record-breaking heat across parts of Nevada and Arizona today.