Weather Friday from Ion Weather March 22 2024 SE rain at Atlanta and South Florida will slow flights there Rain in the Northeast Saturday ... Rain and snow in Chicago and southern Wisconsin

Early Spring heavy snows expected from the Upper Mississippi Valley into the Great Lakes, northern NY State into Northern New England. Widespread wet weather expected from East Texas, across the South, much of Florida and the Eastern Seaboard. The beginning of a wet pattern for the Pacific Northwest, south into northern to central California. Winter weather will continue to dominate the northern tier of the nation during this first week of spring 2024. In the wake of heavy snows that have fallen across portions of northern New England over the past 24 hours, additional heavy snow is expected to spread eastward Thursday night into Friday from the Northern Plains, across the Upper Mississippi Valley and into the Lower Great Lakes. This heavy snow will then push eastward into Northern NY State and Northern New England on Saturday. Across these areas, snowfall accumulations of 8 to 12 inches are possible. During the day on Saturday, yet another round of wintry weather with accumulating snows will begin to develop across the Northern High Plains and spread eastward through the remainder of the Northern Plains Sunday and into the early part of next week. In addition to the potential series of snow events across the northern tier, temperatures will remain well below average for the end of the work week and into the weekend. At the same time that snows spread eastward across the northern tier of the nation, a widespread rain event will continue to expand from the western Gulf coast Thursday afternoon, eastward across large portions of the South and Florida Thursday night into Friday. This widespread heavy rain will then push northward along much of the Eastern Seaboard Friday into Saturday. Some of the heaviest rainfall totals are expected across South Florida Friday afternoon into early Saturday, with the potential for urbanized flash flooding, especially along the southeast coastal areas of the state. Localized flash flooding also possible along the Mid-Atlantic coast, including the urban corridor from DC to Boston where rainfall totals of 2 to 3 inches are possible. An active wet weather pattern will also to begin along large portions of the West coast from the Pacific Northwest, south into northern to central California. Precipitation will begin to push inland on Friday across these areas, with rounds of additional precipitation expected into the weekend, with heavy snows in the 1 to 3 foot range expected through the Sierra. While there may be a break to the wet west coast pattern early next week, the overall wet winter pattern that has affected the west coast will continue later next week as additional storm systems push inland.