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Weather Impacts for the Pacific Northwest This Week; Watching the Eastern U.S.

A series of Pacific fronts will bring periods of moderate rain, higher elevation snow, and gusty winds to the Pacific Northwest through this week. A more widespread precipitation event looks likely this weekend. In the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S. a storm may bring gusty winds, low elevation rain, and high elevation wet snow Thursday into Saturday. Read More >

Mild and mostly calm conditions are expected through Friday. A quick low pressure system will bring low chances (20-40%) for light rain to the area, along with breezy winds gusting to 30 mph. Following this system, Thursday and Friday are expected to be dry and cooler with near-normal highs in the 40s.
After a brief period of cooler weather at the end of this week, warmer temperatures to arrive once again next week. There is a 70-90% chance of above normal temperatures across much of eastern IA and northwest IL going into the Great Lakes. A large upper level ridge next week will keep us dry through the start of next week before rain chances return late next week.