Active, fast-moving weather continues

Rain will extend from the Great Lakes to the Deep South as a low and front swing through. We are also monitoring the entrance of the next cold front over the Pacific. The Breakfast Brief is published every Monday through Friday at 5 a.m. ET

The same front that brought rounds of snow across the Rockies to start the week is now moving over the Great Lakes, Mississippi River Valley, and the Deep South. The heaviest rains will fall over the southern portion of the mentioned front, where parts of Mississippi can receive between 2 and 4 inches of rain and western Tennessee could receive 3 to 5 inches through Thursday. Please take the showers in our WeatherRadar and drive safely.

Heavy rains will also fall across the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday as the next (strong) cold front pushes through. These rains will continue through the weekend, and heavier snow will fall over the mountains. Estimates between Wednesday and Friday from Seattle through just north of Santa Rosa, Calif., could range between 3 and 5 inches, while the higher peaks inland could receive over a foot of snow.

Also, cooler air continues to sink in across much of the Rockies, with highs struggling to get into the 50s. The air will become even colder as the system over the West moves inland during the rest of the week and into the weekend. Nights are expected to be in the teens, and it will feel colder with the winds this upcoming weekend.

An area over the western Caribbean could see tropical development late this week. Whatever develops here will be slow to develop, so we must continue to monitor it. Remember that without a well-defined center of circulation, it is impossible to know where a system might (or might not) go.

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