Your National Forecast Summary

- A cold front slowly pushes across the southern Plains, Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley Wednesday and Thursday.

- Numerous heavy showers and thunderstorms accompany the front on its eastward journey.

- Rainfall of 1 to 3 inches with localized high spots of 3 to 6 inches is possible in central and east Oklahoma, central and east Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, west Tennessee and Mississippi.

- Some thunderstorms may become severe producing damaging wind gusts.

- Spotty hail and an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.

- Thursday night and Friday the front progresses eastward through the Southeast with heavy showers and thunderstorms. - A strong low pressure system rips out of the Rockies and flies across the Plains and Great Lakes Wednesday and Thursday.

- Heavy rain and thunderstorms accompany the storm system both days.

- Rainfall of 1 to 3 inches is possible from eastern Kansas through the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.

- A few 3 to 5 inch amounts are possible in Missouri, south Illinois, south Indiana and west Kentucky.

- Some thunderstorms may become strong producing damaging wind gusts in east Kansas, east Nebraska, west Iowa, west and south Missouri, south Illinois, south Indiana and west Kentucky.

- Sustained winds of 15 to 30 mph and gusts over 45 mph are possible in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley as the storm moves through. - A band of light snow and rain streaks eastward across northern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and southwest Maine through lunchtime Wednesday.

- Snow accumulations up to an inch are possible in the Adirondack Mountains, Green Mountains and White Mountains.

- A few stray rain showers may briefly wet the ground in southern New England.

- Light rain showers are likely in southern West Virginia and western and southern Virginia during the day.

- The remainder of the region should be dry.

- Rain and showers from the big storm in the middle of the country arrive in western areas later Wednesday night and Thursday.

- Rain and strong winds are possible Thursday night and Friday as the system moves through the region. - The winter storm is winding down, but still produces snow and rain showers in west and south Wyoming, central and west Colorado, northwest New Mexico, northeast Arizona and east Utah.

- Additional snowfall of 1 to 3 inches is possible in west Wyoming and northeast Utah.

- Another 1 to 6 inches of snow is possible in the Colorado Rockies.

- The remainder of the region should be quiet Wednesday.

- However, showers move into the Northwest Wednesday night and Thursday.

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