Many areas of the country, including the West, North, and East, will receive little or no rainfall during the next 5 days.

In contrast, multiple disturbances will follow a similar path across the central and southern Plains and into the middle and lower Mississippi Valley, delivering as much as 2 to 5 inches of rain. Some of the Southern rain may be produced by strong to locally severe thunderstorms.

Meanwhile, temperatures across the country should remain in a relatively narrow range.

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