For the remainder of Friday into Saturday, drought-easing rain will overspread the Northeast.

During the next several days, cold air will cover the Plains and Midwest, while warmth will linger from California into the Southwest. Early next week, warm weather will return along the Gulf Coast and across the southern Atlantic States.

Meanwhile, dry weather will prevail during the next 5 days in the nation’s southwestern quadrant, from California to the central and southern High Plains.

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