Fast-moving disturbances will continue to traverse the country during the next 5 days, with the most significant rain (locally 1 to 2 inches or more) occurring from the central and southern Plains into the Southeast.  Much of the northern half of the U.S. will receive occasional, generally light showers.  Elsewhere, an early-season heat wave will continue across the Far West, accompanied by mostly dry weather, while widely scattered, late-week frost may occur in the north-central U.S. 

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