The Thaw this week is the big story. The extreme cold will finally give up and allow milder weather but it will not be without a fight from the Plains into the Northeast where snow and a wintry mix will occur early in the week. Eventually, most areas will becoming milder but some more snow and wintry mix will impact the northern Great Lakes into the far Northeast.

The same storm will also produce heavy rains from eastern Texas into the Tennessee Valley early this week. That area of heavy rains will cause flooding problems.

The will will continue to be unsettled with mountain snows and even some more rain in California and the Desert Southwest.

A major snowstorm may occur in the Appalachians and New England next weekend. It’s a long shot but it could occur.