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A frontal boundary is moving across the Appalachians today with scattered showers and storms from the Northeast all the way into Texas. Behind this front is chilly air for mid-April \u2014 well below normal.

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Saturday\u2019s High Temperatures + Anomaly

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Much warmer than normal along the West Coast and Florida, but chilly in between with highs only in the 40s and 50s from north Texas into the Great Lakes.

Mid-90s in Florida = hot

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Sunday\u2019s High Temperatures + Anomaly

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A bit warmer in the 60s across the central U.S. basically the same from the Canadian to Mexican borders.

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The cool anomaly is maximized from Texas to the Southeast up to 15\u00b0F below normal.

Almost 100\u00b0F in Phoenix

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Friday High Temperatures

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Quite chilly today across the Dakotas and Midwest with scattered snow flurries.

Friday Morning Temperatures 11:00 AM ET

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Below freezing this morning in the Dakotas but only a population of about 4 Million while the areal coverage of the Lower 48 is 15%.

Next 18-Hours Weather | Simulated Radar

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Not expecting any snow accumulations in Minnesota. Scattered showers along the frontal boundary will not be severe. High pressure builds behind the frontal boundary after the clouds clear out = cool and crisp Canadian continental air mass.

Friday Weather

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Next 72-Hours Precipitation | NWS NDFD

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The next weather maker will be in Texas with moisture from the Gulf combining with an area of low pressure into Sunday.

Next 8-Days Weather Systems

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Blend of Models 7-Day Precipitation Forecast

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Forecast Farm | 15-Day Precipitation Anomaly [%]

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Brown areas are \u201cbelow normal\u201d precipitation accumulated over the next 2-weeks.

ECMWF Ensemble | 5-Day Temperature Anomaly

Next 5-Days From April 19-23

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Days 6-10 From April 24-28

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Days 11-15 From April 29-May 3

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A frontal boundary is moving across the Appalachians today with scattered showers and storms from the Northeast all the way into Texas. Behind this front is chilly air for mid-April \u2014 well below normal.

Much warmer than normal along the West Coast and Florida, but chilly in between with highs only in the 40s and 50s from north Texas into the Great Lakes.

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