Published: March 24,2016
The Easter Sunday holiday may be filled with soaking thunderstorms, snow or just a nuisance rain in parts of the Midwest, South and West. In other areas, plenty of sunshine may induce a case of spring fever.
Here's the forecast across the country, starting with the trouble spots.
(FORECAST: 10-day Extended Maps | 7-day Rain/Snow Forecast)
Easter Sunday's Forecast
Southern Soaking
- Thunderstorms may become numerous Sunday in the South from parts of Louisiana to South Carolina.
- Flash flooding may be a threat with ground still saturated from the torrential rain event earlier this month. Several rivers remain above flood stage from east Texas into Mississippi.
- Some of these storms may become severe, but the magnitude of that severe threat will become clearer in the days ahead.
- (CITIES: Shreveport | New Orleans | Jacksonville)
Midwest Snow?
- Low pressure will track into the mid-Mississippi or Ohio Valley.
- The majority of precipitation should be in the form of rain from the Lower Missouri Valley to parts of the Ohio Valley and southern Great Lakes.
- However, some wet snow is possible in parts of the central Plains.
- A few severe storms will be possible in the Ohio Valley and middle Mississippi Valley depending on the strength of low pressure.
- (CITIES: Kansas City | St. Louis | Chicago)
Northwest Soggy
- Valley rain and mountain snow showers are expected in the Northwest, stretching as far east as the Bitterroots of western Montana.
- This won't be a heavy rain or snow event, but snow levels will be rather low in the Cascades.
- (CITIES: Seattle | Portland)
Fabulous Holiday
- The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states should remain dry with fairly seasonable temperatures, except a little chillier conditions near the coast thanks to onshore winds.
- Plenty of sunshine can be expected in the Southwest and Southern California, though some stronger afternoon winds are possible in parts of Arizona and New Mexico.
- (CITIES: New York | Washington D.C. | Phoenix | L.A.)
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