The storm system moving through the center of the country has brought windy conditions and widespread snow to the Rockies. Ahead of the cold front, winds will pick up across the southern plains on Monday. Dry conditions combined with sustained wind speeds of 20-40 mph, gusts to 60mph, will cause blowing dust and elevated fire weather conditions

Heavy snow is now falling across portions of the central Appalachians as the storm system that brought severe weather to the south yesterday lifts northeast. Precipitation from this fast moving event will likely continue over the Mid-Atlantic coast through very early Monday morning.

A storm system over northwest Mexico will continue to move toward the Lower Rio Grande Valley through Saturday morning, bringing lower elevation rain and mountain snow to the southern Rockies and Plains. As a result, Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for the central and southern mountains of New Mexico through Friday evening, where 6 to 12 inches will be common above 7,000 feet

A storm system is bringing rain, mountain snow and strong winds to the southern Great Basin as well as southern California. Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for elevations above 4,500 feet in southern Nevada and northwest Arizona until Thursday morning as well as southern California (particularly above 6,000 feet) until Thursday afternoon.

Hard Freeze Warnings have been posted for tonight across much of the Gulf Coast from eastern Texas into northern Florida. A substantially colder air mass behind an arctic front will impact the region, where temperatures in the upper teens and 20s will be common. Sub-freezing readings can be expected for a period of 6 to 12 hours across the region

In general, high temperatures on Thursday will continue to be several degrees above average across the Lower-48. To find out what NWS Climate forecasters are expecting over the next couple of weeks, you can visit the Climate Prediction Center for detailed long range forecasts.

High Surf Warnings are in effect for Hawaii, where the 10 to 20 foot waves observed today are expected to rise to 18-35 feet tonight. High tides and strong winds are expected to impact the Hawaiian Islands as a cold front moves across the area

A storm system will impact the central California coast and weaken as it moves inland.

Widespread moderate to heavy rain is possible this afternoon across the Lower Mississippi River Valley as a cold front tracks across the region. The combination of abundant moisture and slow-moving precipitation will lead to rainfall amounts ranging from 1 to 3 inches, with locally higher amounts possible

Very heavy snow will continue through Saturday afternoon across the Central Plains. The greatest accumulations of 1 to 2 feet will be found from northeast Colorado into southern Nebraska and northwest Kansas. Relatively lighter snowfall amounts will fall over central Kansas and western Iowa