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More rain and snow ahead for the Pacific Northwest as a storm moves ashore. Much of the action will be contained to Washington and Oregon, with rain at the lower elevations and snow in the mountains.

The WeatherRadar shows a few showers in coastal Washington with snow in the Cascades through Monday evening. More rain and snow are on the way into Tuesday, and this moisture will spread south into Oregon.

It will be soggy in Seattle throughout Tuesday, with rain settling in both for the morning and evening commutes. While Portland and Eugene, Ore., will be mainly dry for the morning commute, showers build in through the day making for messy driving conditions Tuesday afternoon.

Winds will also pick up as this system moves through the Northwestern corner of the country. Gusts upwards of 40 mph are possible in parts of Washington and Oregon.

Snow will also be a factor as this system moves east. A winter storm watch is in effect for the Cascades in Washington. Higher elevations could see anywhere from a few inches to a couple of feet of snow through Tuesday evening. Up to two feet are expected in the Cascades.

As this system pushes east Tuesday, snow will spread into northern Idaho and western Montana. Snow showers will interrupt travel in cities like Boise, Idaho, and Missoula, Mont. Avoiding travel in these conditions is recommended, but if you do venture out, make sure you have an emergency kit on hand.

Keep an eye on the WeatherRadar for the latest on the conditions where you live.

While we have spring-like trends showing up this week, winter is still not over. The latter half of the week features heavy rain and snow for the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast.

The disturbance churning up the severe storms on Tuesday and Wednesday will be causing problems elsewhere later this week. The low pressure will mature and move north-northeast into the Midwest triggering heavy rainfall and even wintry weather beginning Thursday.

On the back end of the low-pressure system is a high-altitude trough that will bring cold air down from Canada. With the counterclockwise circulation of the low pressure, it will pull in the cold air to mix with the moisture coming up from the south and allow for snowfall. You can see it on the WeatherRadar.

The snow is expected to begin Thursday morning across the upper Midwest before spreading into the Upper Great Lakes and then the Northeast later in the evening. Pockets of frozen mix are also possible at the rain-snow line.

The wintry and rainy weather will last through Friday morning before another smaller disturbance has the chance to bring a mix of rain and snow to the Midwest and Ohio Valley and moving east starting late Friday.

Remember the high-altitude trough we mentioned before? Well, this will bring the temperatures back to their usual wintry levels in the central and eastern U.S. later this week and into the weekend, even after a spring preview.

Whether you’re receiving heavy rainfall or snow, be sure to keep a close eye on the local forecast on the Weather & Radar app. The details you need for your location are there and you will be able to view the forecast up to four days from now on the WeatherRadar!

As more guidance becomes available, Weather & Radar Meteorologists will be providing frequent updates to keep you weather aware.

Late last week, Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more week of winter. However, signs of spring are popping up across many parts of the South.

For allergy sufferers, it is time to stock up on your antihistamine. The USA National Phenology Network (USANPN) collects data about the timing of plant and animal seasonal life stages, including the beginning of tree budding.

The USANPN has detected leaves popping out on trees across the South from central Texas eastward into the eastern Carolinas and even into parts of Virginia Tidewater. The same situation has been noted across the Southwest, California, and the Seattle area too.

For parts of the Southeast, this is up to three weeks earlier than normal and about a week and half for parts of the Carolinas and eastern Virginia. Along the Gulf Coast and in southern Florida, including New Orleans and Miami, flowering trees have started to bloom. It won’t be long before the sneezing and sniffling of allergy season arrive.

The signs of spring will likely spread across more of the South and East this week. High pressure building over the East will bring unseasonably mild temperatures northward. Highs on Tuesday will touch 60 degrees as far north as the Ohio Valley while the 40s and 50s warm the Northeast and Great Lakes.

It will be even warmer Wednesday and Thursday. Highs will be in the 60s as far north as Washington, D.C., while New York City hits the mid-50s and Boston approaches 50. Atlanta and Charlotte will be in the 70s! These are 20 degrees warmer than normal.

Par for the course for February, storms will hit the South Tuesday and Wednesday followed by a stronger cold front Thursday and Friday. This will set the stage for cooler, more seasonable temperatures to return to the South and East later this week into the weekend.

Track the changing temperatures using the TemperatureRadar and check back this week for the latest information.

It’s officially that time of year where stormy weather starts to become more frequent across the southern U.S. as we get close to the season shift. Tuesday and Wednesday hold chances for storms from the southern Plains through the Deep South.

Astronomical spring is officially 42 days away, but if you want to go meteorologically, spring is 23 days away. Many are very excited for the warmer weather, but this season switch also comes with stormy skies. The southern U.S. will be experiencing this on Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the WeatherRadar shows a disturbance rolling off the Rockies into the southern Plains and initiating heavy rain across Oklahoma and Texas early in the morning. The associated cold front will interact with the warm air influx coming up from the Gulf and produce thunder-wielding weather as it treks east both Tuesday and Wednesday.

Tuesday’s storms will be focused on the southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley with Waco, Austin, and Houston, as well as Shreveport and Alexandria, La., in line for the strongest storms. The isolated strong to severe storms will charge through on Tuesday afternoon and night.

By Wednesday, the WeatherRadar shows this same system shifting into the Deep South, bringing heavy rainfall and strong to severe isolated storms to places from Lufkin, Texas, to Memphis, down to Birmingham and Mobile, Ala., and the far western Florida Panhandle.

Those as far north as southern Illinois and southern Indiana could also hear a few rumbles of thunder. These storms will impact the entirety of Wednesday through Wednesday night as the storm system moves east.

When it comes to the full storm system, plentiful moisture streaming north from the Gulf will support the development of flooding rains. Up to two inches of rain are possible, especially in northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma, and western Arkansas on Tuesday, with localized pockets of three to four inches are possible.

By Wednesday, the heavy rain and flooding threat stretches from the central Gulf Coast to the Midwest with one to three inches of rainfall possible. Be sure to “Turn Around, Don’t Drown,” if you come to a water-covered roadway or path.

The other items to watch out for in these storms are isolated tornadoes and damaging gusty winds greater than 57 mph. Make sure you have your devices charged and have at least three ways of receiving a warning.

Weather & Radar Meteorologists will be providing updates as this storm system moves in.

Here are the winners and honorable mentions for January’s photo contest!

Thank you to all our users that entered our January 2023 monthly photo contest! You all outdid yourselves with excellent eyes and photography skills for the first month of 2023!

The following photos were selected as our first, second, and third prize winners. It was very hard to decide the winners as all the images were fantastic! Since we have so many, we had to choose some honorable mentions.

If you are any of our top 3 winners, please send us an email to info@weatherandradar.com from the same email you used to send the picture (for confirmation), so that we can get your information to send you the prize won.

Thank you to all who participated! Now on to February. Safely take those weather and Earth-science-related photos and submit them to us on the app by Wednesday, February 22.