Travel & RV Weather Extended Outlook through Sunday 6 February

Updated p.m. Sunday 30 January

Extended outlooks are more general in nature than the daily short term forecasts. Beyond a week, there is often significant uncertainty in the location and intensity of specific weather events. I will note where there is less, or greater, confidence than normal in these extended outlooks.

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Here is the latest short term weather forecast.

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Next major storm develops over the Southern Plains Tuesday night, bringing heavy rain and the possibility of severe weather to the south and a rain, snow, freezing rain mix to much of the remainder of the Central and Eastern U.S.
Cold snap for Texas Wednesday night through Saturday morning. Be prepared for nights in the teens or lower, and days remaining at or below freezing.
California remains dry through mid-February; the western U.S. as a whole is drier and warmer than normal.

Outlook for Tuesday – Thursday 1-3 February:

— Next storm develops over the Southern Plains Tuesday night. This system will become the major weather-maker for this coming week.

— By Wednesday afternoon there will be snow from the Central Rockies to the Great Lakes,

— Rain from TX to the Ohio River Valley,

— and Freezing Rain from Oklahoma to Ohio

— This system becomes a major storm by Thursday

— Heavy rain and possible severe weather over the Deep South.

— Rain into the Appalachians, Northeast and southern New England

— Snow over the Midwest, northern NY, and northern New England.

— Cold over TX from Wednesday night through Saturday morning. Low temperatures in the teens and single digits.

Outlook for Friday – Sunday 4-6 February:

— On Friday, rain will change to snow over the Ohio River Valley, PA, NY and New England, probably undergoing a transition period of freezing rain.

— Rain for the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic States and along the East Coast to Boston.

— Relatively quiet upcoming weekend, weather-wise. Cooler than normal over Tx, the South and East; warmer than average over the Northern Plains.

Here are the temperature, precipitation and snowfall outlooks for Tuesday – Sunday 1-6 February

Average temperature difference, relative to normal, Wednesday – Sunday 2-6 February
Percentage of precipitation, relative to normal, through Sunday 6 February. Red and brown is drier than normal; green and blue is wetter than normal.
The west, Northern Plains, Florida and the Southeast Coast are drier than normal.
Snowfall amounts through Sunday 6 February.
The band of snow from the Central and Southern Rockies to Northern New England is from the Wednesday – Friday storm.
Low temperatures Friday morning 4 February.
Lows over much of Texas are in the teens and single digits.