Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures in the lower Great Lakes region and the south-central U.S., while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in the southern Atlantic States and northwest of a line from Arizona to Minnesota. 

Meanwhile, near- or below-normal precipitation throughout the North should contrast with wetter-than-normal conditions across much of the southern-half of the country. 

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