Cooler, showery to move across the Plains, Corn Belt this weekend

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Cooler, showery to move across the Plains, Corn Belt this weekend

A storm system currently centered over western North Dakota will drift northward and weaken, although windy weather will continue Friday across Montana and the Dakotas.  The storm’s trailing cold front—draped across the nation’s midsection early Friday—will drift eastward, eventually interacting with a pool of tropical moisture over the middle and southern Atlantic States. 

A secondary cold front will cross the Midwest during the weekend. 

Five-day rainfall totals could reach 1 to 2 inches or more in many areas from the Mississippi Valley to the East Coast.  In contrast, little or no rain will fall during the next 5 days from California to Texas. 

An early-season heat wave will accompany the Southwestern dryness, with triple-digit temperatures (highs of 100°F or greater) expected at times from the Desert Southwest to the southern Plains.  Cooler weather will prevail, however, in the Midwest, following the recent hot spell. 

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