Groundhog Day Feb 2 2024 West coast Storms east clouds and showers

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Heavy Snow spreads into Great Basin, Intermountain West and Rockies.
Severe Weather and Excessive Rainfall impacts shift into the Southern
Plains on Friday.
Mild temperatures persist across central part of the country through
this weekend.
A powerful low pressure system will spread winter, severe and rain hazards
across western and central parts of the country. Tonight, heavy rain and
snow impacts will come to an end over California, while tropical and
subtropical moisture converge to spread snow over the Great Basin
Intermountain West and Rockies. This snow will continue while the low
pressure system tracks across the Four Corners region on Friday. The storm
system will reorganize over the Central/Southern High Plains on Friday
while it begins to tap moisture and instability from the Gulf of Mexico.
This moisture will interact with a prominent jet streak aloft and strong
convergence at the surface along a cold front and dryline. This
combination may produce severe thunderstorms across Oklahoma/Texas and the
Lower Mississippi Valley beginning in the late afternoon on Friday. A
Slight Risk (level 2/5) of Severe Thunderstorms is in effect for portions
of South-Central Texas where large hail, tornadoes and strong wind gusts
will be possible. The focus for Heavy Rainfall and thunderstorms will
shift into the Lower Mississippi Valley and central Gulf Coast on Saturday
where the deep redeveloped low pressure system will move into. As a
result, a Slight Risk (level 2/4) of Excessive Rainfall is in effect for
portions eastern Texas, southern Arkansas, Louisiana and southern
Mississippi on Saturday.
An omega block ridge over the Central U.S. will support mild temperatures
from the Great Plains to the East Coast through this weekend. Portions of
the Northern/Central Plains into the Upper/Middle Mississippi Valley will
experience low temperatures from the upper 20s to low 50s through early
next week, which may tie or break existing records. Temperatures in the
Southern Plains will moderate a bit beneath the deepening upper-level low
on Saturday.