During the next 5 days, a complicated U.S. weather pattern will result in four primary concerns.  In the West, a high-elevation snow event will unfold across Wyoming and the Four Corners States, with the most significant accumulations (locally up to 4 feet) expected on the eastern slopes of the central Rockies.  Meanwhile, a stripe of precipitation—mostly rain—will stretch from the central High Plains to New England, although wet snow may fall in areas of the Plains adjacent to the central Rockies, as well as northern New England. 

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