A disturbance crossing the nation’s northern tier will generate some light snow through mid-week.

Subsequently, a disorganized Southern storm system will produce generally light rain, starting on Thursday.

Five-day rainfall totals could reach 1 to 2 inches from northeastern Texas to the southern Appalachians. Elsewhere, showery weather will linger from the Pacific Northwest to the northern Rockies, but mostly dry weather will prevail during the next 5 days in California, the Great Basin, and the Southwest, as well as the central Plains and lower Southeast.

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