A low-pressure system currently traversing the Midwest will intensify along the northern Atlantic Coast by Saturday. Storm-total rainfall could reach 1 to 2 inches or more in the Northeast, parts of which remain quite wet from earlier precipitation events. Cool, windy weather will trail the storm, with widespread frost and freezes expected early next week from the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes States into the Northeast. Meanwhile, a new storm system will arrive in the West, accompanied by rain and snow showers and colder weather.

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