Periods of heavy rainfall are expected across the Lower Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast Friday. A strong Pacific storm will impact the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin Friday through the weekend, bringing high elevation snow, lower elevation rain, and strong winds. pic.twitter.com/xHMRNkhRil

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will decrease by midnight tonight with skies becoming mostly clear late. Small hail and wind gusts to 40 mph are possible with the storms. Light snow showers in the mountains by midnight. #cowx pic.twitter.com/4qwrtQkPWW

Though we might usually think of radar for detecting precipitation most of the time, it "sees" other things. Check out the sea breeze (a switch from easterly to westerly wind) pushing inland from the coast late this afternoon. #wawx pic.twitter.com/5kqILDjgbl

NWS radar shows showers tracking northeast, signaling the start of a period of moist and unsettled weather. While temperatures will stay above normal, repeated rounds of precipitation can be expected over the next several days. pic.twitter.com/SrR682UOEg