A disturbance over the western Gulf of Mexico has a slight chance of becoming a tropical cyclone before moving inland Friday night. Regardless of development, the disturbance could spark another round of heavy rain in already flooded areas across eastern Texas and southern Louisiana.
During the weekend, the interaction between a plume of tropical moisture and a storm system emerging from the western U.S. will result in rain and snow showers across the Intermountain West; scattered showers and thunderstorms in the nation’s mid-section; and the potential for heavy precipitation (locally 1 to 3 inches) on the drought-affected northern Plains.
