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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

 

With increasing certainty, the storm that we have been tracking for the past couple of days has started to move towards southeast Alaska this weekend. What does this mean for southcentral Alaska? With this storm, significant snowfall is no longer expected for southcentral Alaska. However, there is a slight chance for snow flurries in the Anchorage area and the Kenai Peninsula tonight through the weekend. If it does snow, accumulations will be minimal.