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Weekend storminess shifts eastward
Across the Corn Belt, lingering warmth in the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes region contrasts with sharply cooler conditions west of the Mississippi River. In recent days, conditions for planting have been nearly ideal in the eastern Corn Belt. Currently, a band of showers stretches from Wisconsin to southeastern Missouri.
On the Plains, very cool, mostly dry weather prevails in the wake of a departing storm, although rain and snow showers linger across the Dakotas. Storm-total snowfall reached 6 to 12 inches or more in parts of western Nebraska, with locally more than a foot reported in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Early Monday, freezes occurred from Montana and the western Dakotas southward through western Nebraska and eastern Colorado.
In the South, an impressive line of heavy showers and locally severe thunderstorms stretches from southeastern Missouri to south-central Texas. The heavy rain is causing widespread flash flooding. Farther east, warm, dry weather favors fieldwork, except in the vicinity of Tropical Depression Ana. The remnants of Ana are centered over eastern North Carolina, producing locally heavy showers in the southern Mid-Atlantic region.
In the West, showers are overspreading the Pacific Northwest, accompanied by cooler conditions. Generally dry weather covers the remainder of the region, although very cool weather prevails in the wake of a late-season snow storm across the central Rockies and northern Intermountain West.
Forecast High Temperatures (National)
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