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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- A storm enters the Pacific Northwest mid-week, bringing rain, high-elevation snows and strong winds to the Northwest, Rocky Mountains, and Four Corner region.
- Expect at least a chance of severe thunderstorms each day in the forecast period; see text for location details.
- Unusual early season heat for eastern TX, the Gulf Coast and much of the Eastern Seaboard this Friday and Saturday.
- Conversely, unusually cold later this week across the northern and central Rockies, with snow likely over the CO Front Range.
- No hurricanes are expected to form for at least the next five days.
Significant weather to watch out for:
Thursday :
— Expect high winds across the northern and central Rockies, the Great Basin and Inter-Mountain West
— Snow Thursday night in the higher elevations of the northern Rockies.
— Heavy rain across northeast ND and northwest MN, that will exacerbate ongoing flooding issues.
— Slight chance severe thunderstorms across the Upper Midwest
Friday:
— Unusually cold across the northern and central Rockies. Snow tapers off at higher elevations.
— Snow develops Friday night across the Front Range CO Rockies
— Strong winds across the Four-Corners region.
— Excessive heat likely for much of eastern TX and the central Gulf Coast.
— Slight chance severe thunderstorms in a broad area from Dallas northeastwards to Detroit.
Saturday:
— Cold weather continues across the northern and central Rockies.
— Snow ends over the CO Front Range.
— Excessive heat likely for much of eastern TX and the central Gulf Coast.
— Very warm for the Northeast and New England.
— Slight chance severe thunderstorms from upstate NY, through the Ohio Valley to the mid-Mississippi Valley.
Sunday:
— Extensive rain, rain showers and thunderstorms from New England through the Mid-Atlantic States, to the Southeast and Gulf Coast.
Monday:
— Rain showers and thunderstorms, some heavy, linger over the Southeast.
— Rain and rain showers for the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies.
— Possible severe thunderstorms over the Central and Southern Plains.
Tuesday:
— Low pressure develops over the Central Plains.
— Rain for the Upper Midwest.
— Rain showers and thunderstorms, some possibly severe, over the Central Plains and mid-Mississippi Valley.
— More rain for the Pacific Northwest.
Severe thunderstorm threat Thursday 19 May 
Wind gusts Thursday afternoon 19 May 
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THANKS FOR PROVIDING ALL THIS INFO AND GLAD YOU ARE OUT THERE AS ONE OF US.