weather Sunday Feb 18 2024 Florida Rains, west coast storms, snow in the NE

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...Additional heavy to excessive rainfall could lead to flash flooding
across much of coastal California...
...Heavy rainfall likely over much of the Florida Peninsula for the
remainder of the weekend...
...Colder than normal conditions across the eastern and southern U.S. will
be followed by a warming trend across the mid-section of the country...
The West Coast will once again be the focus of inclement weather over the
next couple of days as more energetic low pressure systems from the
Pacific line up to push onshore. The first system of concern has already
brought widespread moderate to locally heavy rain for the coastal Pacific
Northwest and down into the northern half of California today (Saturday).
The moisture will advance farther inland to bring a period of mountain
snow across the interior sections of the northwestern U.S. and northern
Rockies through Sunday. A more potent low pressure system will quickly
follow in its wake to deliver the next round of heavy precipitation, this
time mainly across California starting Sunday night/early Monday. WPC has
a Slight Risk of Excessive Rainfall covering a good portion of northern
California and central coastal California into Sunday and Monday, with a
Moderate Risk in effect for the Santa Barbara to Santa Maria region for
the same time period. Very heavy snowfall will then impact the Sierra
Nevada on Monday where a few feet of new snow can be expected.
Elevation-dependent rain/snow will then spread northeastward into the
Great Basin on Monday.
After a quick round of locally heavy snow Saturday morning, the
Mid-Atlantic states will clear out behind a departing low pressure system.
Colder than normal conditions initially blanketing much of the eastern
and southern U.S. will be followed by a warming trend across the
mid-section of the country--emerging first over the northern Plains then
gradually spreading south to reach Texas by Monday. Meanwhile,
lake-effect snows downwind from the Great Lakes will gradually taper off
by Sunday. Farther north, a clipper system sliding across southern Canada
will only bring light snow across the upper Midwest and upper Great Lakes
on Sunday, before brushing the lower Great Lakes and northern New England
on Monday.
Meanwhile, rain and thunderstorms associated with a slow-moving front are
forecast to expand across the Florida Peninsula through tonight. By
Sunday, a low pressure center developing along the front over the Gulf of
Mexico will traverse the Florida Peninsula later that night before moving
out into the Atlantic on Monday. Generally a couple of inches of rain,
with locally higher amounts, can be expected with this system.