National weather highlights on the Saturday and into the coming week…
…Low pressure over the Great Lakes Region and a bowling ball of an upper low over the Ohio Valley is pushing a cold front toward the East Coast today. Storms are not expected to be severe. It will bring heavy rains to the Mid-Atlantic early next week.
…There is a powerhouse of a system affecting the Pacific Northwest. A variety of winter weather advisories, watches and warnings are in effect from western Washington state into northern Idaho and over much of Montana.
…The strong surface low over the Great Basin has prompted numerous wind advisories over much of the southwestern United States from the Sierras of eastern California over much of Nevada and down into Arizona.
…Pockets of severe drought continue over parts of the western U.S. down into southeastern new Mexico and the Big Bend area of Texas. There is a high wildfire risk on Monday from southeastern Utah across much of Arizona as well as much of New Mexico.
…On the other end of the scale…major river flooding continues across the Mississippi Valley,. Including the Ol’ Muddy. More heavy rains will fall across this region into the Ohio Valley next week, especially on the 25th and 26th.
…Severe weather will be a threat from the Midwest down into Texas and Louisiana Monday and Tuesday.
