On Sunday, we are left with two opposing corners of the nation, the Northwest and the Southeast, set to face off against precipitous systems to end the weekend.
The temperate Deep Southeast will funnel copious amounts of Gulf moisture under the whims of a stubborn-to-move low pressure system, charging numerous moderate to heavy showers and scattered thunderstorms, some strong to severe, through Sunday. Rain totals exceeding an inch or two are the main threat expected under less fortunate locales of the Eastern Gulf and Deep South into southeastern North Carolina, sparking lingering flood risks. A tornado or two, hail, and damaging winds will also arrive to even fewer unlucky doorsteps. More moderate rain totals below half an inch, however, are most likely.
In contrast, the Northwestern U.S. will largely be free from flood risks, although a few lightning-bearing tempests will pop up along the coastline and in the eastern Intermountain Northwest. The region will thank yet another low pressure system for its light to moderate showers, primarily picking up in the afternoon hours. Gusty winds will also pick up, particularly following suit toward the storm system's behind. Damaging wind gusts could acompany the strongest storms.
Aside from very isolated drizzle over the Upper Midwest, the nation's northeastern and southwestern quadrants will not need to prepare for any form of showers.
Strong spring heat will break over most regions by Sunday, except cool 40s and 50s capping over the interior Northeast, the higher western slopes, and the northern Pacific Coastline. Instead, warm 60s rule the rest of the Pacific Northwest and New England while 70s and spots of 80s dominate over the southern Pacific Coastline, the Intermountain West, the South, the Midwest, and the Lower Mid-Atlantic on Sunday.
Although seasonable for South Texas and the Florida Peninsula, anomalously hot 80s and 90s zap both the northern and central Plains. Additionally, summer heat blazes over the Desert Southwest once again, widely punching over the upper 90s and into the triple-digits.
