Extended outlooks are more general in nature and higher level 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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Big Picture through the weekend and into early next week
- Major storm exits New England on Saturday
- Another big storm for the West Coast this weekend.
- Active weather pattern with several ‘average’ storms likely next week across the Northern US.
- Some rain for Florida early next week.
- The blindfolded (and possibly drunk) monkeys took over the forecast office for next Wednesday’s and Thursday’s forecast
- More technically, there is low confidence and a lot of disagreement between the better weather models on the weather pattern starting the middle of next week
- Maybe a significant storm develops over the Central Plains, with snow in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes, and heavy rain and severe weather in the Deep South.
- Or … maybe not.
- One thing we know: it stays cold in the West
- Florida and northern New England will be warmer than normal.
- Generally warm in the East, but cooling down by mid-week.
- Wetter than normal over California, the Great Basin and the Southwest, the Central Plains, Great Lakes and Northeast. Wetter than normal also over the mid-South and southern Appalachians.
- Drier than normal for Southern California (I do not think many will complain), the Southwest, and Florida.
- Outlook through mid-March: Colder than normal for much of the country. Wet in the West and west in the East south of I-40.
Outlook from the 10th to the middle of March (aka Groundhog’s Revenge):
- Colder than normal over all the Continental US.
- Wet and probably snowy out west. Wetter than normal south of I-40 and west of I-35.
Details (courtesy of the National Weather Service):
- Heavy snow across portions of California and the Pacific Northwest, Sun-Tue, Mar 5-Mar 7.
- Heavy snow across portions of California, the Central Great Basin, and the Pacific Northwest,
Sun, Mar 5. - Heavy snow across portions of the Central Rockies and the Central Plains, Tue, Mar 7.
- Heavy snow across portions of the Upper Great Lakes, the Upper Mississippi Valley, and the
Northern Plains, Sun-Mon, Mar 5-Mar 6. - Flooding possible across portions of the Valley, the Southern Plains, the Great Lakes, and the
Ohio Valley. - Flooding occurring or imminent across portions of the Middle Mississippi Valley and the Upper
Mississippi Valley. - Flooding likely across portions of the Lower Mississippi Valley and the Southern Plains.
- Much below normal temperatures across portions of the Central Plains, the Great Basin, the
Northern Plains, the Northern Rockies, the Central Rockies, California, the Pacific Northwest, and
the Southwest, Sun-Thu, Mar 5-Mar 9. - Much below normal temperatures across portions of the Southern Rockies, the Central Rockies, the
Central Plains, the Southern Plains, and the Northern Plains, Wed-Thu, Mar 8-Mar 9.
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Rain and snow through Friday morning 10 March
Red line is the freezing line
Wind gusts Saturday afternoon 4 March 
Likelihood of winter weather impacting RV travel Saturday 4 March 
Wind gusts Sunday afternoon 5 March 
Likelihood of winter weather impacting RV travel Sunday 5 March 
Likelihood of winter weather impacting RV travel Monday 6 March 
Likelihood of winter weather impacting RV travel Tuesday 7 March 
Likelihood of winter weather impacting RV travel Wednesday 8 March 
Total snowfall accumulations through Thursday 9 March 
Total precipitation amounts through Thursday 9 March 
Precipitation amounts as a percentage of normal through Tuesday 7 March 
Temperature difference from normal through Thursday 9 March