Locally heavy rains and strong winds are expected for portions of the
northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England through tonight

Heavy wet snow and strong winds are expected across portions of the
northern Appalachians tonight through Sunday followed by lake-effect snows
across the lower Great Lakes into Monday morning.

Unsettled weather is expected across the Pacific Northwest and into the
northern Rockies as multiple rounds of lower-elevation rain and higher
elevation snow arrives.

Multiple consolidating areas of low pressure along with the arrival of a
couple of cold fronts along the Eastern Seaboard will yield areas of heavy
precipitation overnight, and particularly from parts of the northern
Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast. This will include locally heavy rain
for portions of eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey up across southeast
New York and into southern New England. As a consolidated area of
deepening low pressure approaches and crosses through southern and eastern
New England, locally strong winds, especially for New England can be
expected as well.

Sufficient cold air is expected to filter south into the northern
Appalachians to allow for the rain overspreading areas of northern New
York and northern New England to change over to snow later tonight into
Sunday, and as much as 6 to 12 inches of heavy wet snow can be expected
along with strong gusty winds as low pressure lifts northeast across the
region. Locally heavier snowfall totals can be expected over the higher
peaks of especially Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. On the back side of
the departing area of low pressure, colder air will be surging southeast
across the Great Lakes and into much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast,
and this will gradually favor areas of heavy lake-enhanced snow showers
and squalls. Portions of the lower Great Lakes and even the central
Appalachians are expected to see locally over 6 inches of snow from the
lake effect potential.

Elsewhere, unsettled weather will impact the Pacific Northwest and the
northern Rockies as multiple fronts and surges of Pacific moisture arrive
across the terrain going into early next week. Moderate to locally heavy
rain is expected for the coastal ranges with heavy snow over the higher
elevations of the Cascades, northern Sierra Nevada, and the Sawtooth and
Bitterroot range of the northern Rockies. The heaviest snows should be
over the Washington Cascades going through Monday where 1 to 2 feet of new
snow can be expected.

Temperatures will generally be cooler than normal across the Mid-Atlantic
and Northeast for the end of the weekend and early next week, but will be
much warmer than normal across much of the central and northern U.S.
otherwise. Near normal temperatures are expected over much of the West.