Comment: Key to the forecast is a cold pattern adhering to northern snow cover while south of the snow cover a warmer than normal pattern persists. The forecast trend is less warm in the West while the strongest warm anomalies are in the Great Plains. The outlook is not quite as dry as previously indicated.
Comment: A forecast change for warmer Southeast and trending colder in the West. The East-Central U.S. is rainy and snowy in the Midwest/Great Lak
Comment: Still favoring northern cold and southern warmth; stormy East.
Comment: Last week was warmer than normal across the Great Plains while very little if any precipitation was observed West and Central U.S.