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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Revenge of the Groundhog?!
Big Picture through the weekend and into early next week
- Revenge of the Groundhog?!
- Big storm moves out of the Southwest, across the Plains and into the Great Lakes Thursday and Friday.
- Severe threat Thursday and Friday from east Texas to the Southeast, but no severe thunderstorms Saturday – Tuesday.
- Look out for high winds over west Texas on Thursday, and across the Mid-South, Ohio and mid-Mississippi Valleys on Friday.
- Still cold in the West, west of I-35.
- Generally warm in the East – average temperatures for New England.
- Drier than normal over the Pacific Northwest, Gulf Coast, Florida and the Southeast.
- 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.
- Outlook through mid-March: Colder than normal for much of the country. West coast probably has at least one more prolonged stormy period.
Details (courtesy of the National Weather Service):
- Heavy snow across the upper Midwest through the lower Great Lakes and central New England, as
well as the Cascades and the Olympic Mountains, Fri-Sat, Mar 3-Mar 4. - Heavy precipitation across the Midwest through the lower Great Lakes, the central Appalachians
and southern New England, Fri, Mar 3. - Heavy rain across portions of coastal northern California into coastal southwestern Oregon, Sat,
Mar 4. - Heavy rain across the Midwest, through the northern Mid-Atlantic and across coastal southern New
England, Fri, Mar 3. - Heavy snow across the higher elevations of northern California including the Sierra Nevada,
Sat-Sun, Mar 4-Mar 5. - Heavy snow along the Sierra Nevada, Tue, Mar 7.
- Severe weather across portions of the Southeast, into the Tennessee Valley, the Carolinas, and
the southern Appalachians, Fri, Mar 3. - Freezing rain across central and western New York, and into northern Pennsylvania, Fri, Mar 3.
- High winds across portions of the middle Mississippi Valley.
- Flooding possible across portions of the upper Mississippi Valley.
- Flooding likely across portions of the middle Mississippi Valley.
- Much below normal temperatures across the central Great Basin, into the northern Rockies,
Fri-Sat, Mar 3-Mar 4 and Mon-Tue, Mar 6-Mar 7. - Much below normal temperatures across portions of the southern Great Basin into the Four Corners
region, Fri-Sat, Mar 3-Mar 4. - Much below normal temperatures across portions of the northern Plains into the northern Rockies,
Mon-Tue, Mar 6-Mar 7.
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Rain and snow Thursday – Wednesday 2-8 March 
Severe thunderstorm risk Thursday 2 March 
Wind gusts Thursday afternoon 2 March 
Likelihood of winter weather impacting RV travel Thursday 2 March 
Severe thunderstorm risk Friday 3 March 
Wind gusts Friday afternoon 3 March 
Likelihood of winter weather impacting RV travel Friday 3 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 
Total snowfall accumulation through Tuesday 7 March 
Temperature difference from normal through Tuesday 7 March 
Total precipitation amounts through Tuesday 7 March 
Precipitation amounts as a percentage of normal through Tuesday 7 March
Red and brown: drier than normal
Green and blue: wetter than normal