The threat of severe weather will bounce around the central and eastern U.S. over the next several days amid a series of poorly organized disturbances.  Unsettled weather from the Plains eastward will persist through the Memorial Day weekend, leading to 5-day rainfall totals that will broadly reach 1 to 3 inches, with locally higher amounts.  Similar precipitation totals can be expected in the Northwest, with some high-elevation sites receiving heavy, wet snow.  In contrast, hot, dry weather will prevail during the next 5 days across the Deep South, from southern and coastal Texas to the southern Atlantic Coast. 

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