Weather Saturday March 30 2024 great April 8 2024 Solar Eclipse weather outlook...West coast rains , mountain snows

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Heavy rains, isolated flash flooding for portions of central to
southern California, while heavy snows likely in the Sierra.
Record low maximum temperatures possible across Southern California and
the Southwest this weekend.
Heavy snows possible Friday night into early Saturday across northern
Maine.
Wintry weather to spread eastward this weekend from the Northern
Rockies into the Northern Plains.
Much above average temperatures for the Easter weekend from the Central
to Southern Plains, east across the Mid to Lower Mississippi Valley, Ohio
Valley and into the Southeast...
A cold and wet weather pattern on tap for the Easter weekend across much
of California into the Southwest. An area of low pressure currently off
the northern California coast will be sinking slowly southeastward along
the central to southern California coast over the next two days. This low
will produce the potential for widespread heavy rains along the central to
southern California coastal regions, along with the potential for isolated
flash flooding. Flood watches are currently in effect across portions of
coastal southern California from north and east of San Diego, northward
through the LA metro region, including the Transverse range. While heavy
rains occur along the coastal areas of central to southern California,
heavy snows are likely through much of the Sierra where 1 to 2 feet are
possible. Locally heavy snows will also be likely farther inland from the
Mogollon Rim of Arizona, into the Wasatch of Utah, the Rockies of Wyoming
and across the higher terrain of the Nevada Great Basin as this system
pushes eastward this weekend. In addition to the wet weather across
southern California, high temperatures are expected to be much below
average both Saturday and Sunday, with the potential for record low
maximum temperatures across the Los Angeles to San Diego metro areas.
Much below average temperatures also expected across much of the Great
Basin, Southwest and Northern Plains this weekend.
Warmer more spring like temperatures are on tap from the Southern to
Central Plains, eastward across the Middle to Lower Mississippi Valley,
Ohio Valley and the Southeast. Across these regions, high temperatures
are expected to be 10 to 20 degrees above average.
Winter weather will be hanging on across portions of northern Maine late
Friday into early Saturday as a strong low moves slowly northward to the
east of Maine across the Canadian maritimes. Early Spring heavy snows are
possible across northern Maine with accumulation in the 4 to 6 inch range
forecast. A fast moving area of low pressure moving west to east from
Iowa into the L.P. of Michigan Friday night into Saturday will produce an
area of 2-4" snows well to its north from the Arrowhead of Minnesota into
the U.P. of Michigan.
An expanding area of wintry weather is also expected to push eastward from
the Northern Rockies Saturday and into the Northern Plains on Sunday. The
heaviest snow accumulations are expected over portions of the Northern
Rockies with generally light totals pushing east into the High Plains.