Thanks for listening to weathermanpod.com , I'm Steve PellettiereAnother round of heavy rains to affect the Lower MississippiValley/Central Gulf coast, but drier weather on the way.Icing and snow possible across northern New England/far northern NewYork State Friday.Above average temperatures across much of the nation over the next fewdays, with numerous record high morning lows possible along both the westand east coasts.A continued very wet weather pattern on tap for potions of the countryfrom the Lower Mississippi Valley into the Central Gulf coastal region.  Aseries of storm systems has already produced very heavy rainfall totalsfrom eastern Texas into the Lower Mississippi Valley over the past fewdays, with at least one more heavy rainfall event in store Friday intoSaturday before a much needed drier pattern develops for the end of theweekend into next week.  The current heavy rains falling across portionsof the central Gulf coast into the Tennessee Valley Thursday afternoonwill be diminishing this evening as the area of precipitation continues topull off to the northeast, affecting areas from the Ohio Valley/LowerGreat Lakes into the Northeast and New England.  This dry period will beshort lived, however, as the next storm system begins to develop Fridayevening/night over eastern Texas and moves into the Lower MississippiValley/Central Gulf coastal regions Saturday.  Additional widespread heavyrains likely from the Central Gulf Coast, northward into the LowerMississippi and Tennessee Valley.  With soils saturated and stream flowswell above average, the expected additional rainfall will pose a floodingthreat across portions of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Central Gulfcoast. Flood watches are currently in effect across much of this region. In addition to heavy rain and flooding threat, severe thunderstorms arealso possible Friday night into Saturday across these areas.The active wet weather pattern is also helping to support much aboveaverage temperatures across large portions of the nation over the next fewdays.  The morning low temperatures are expected to be especiallyanomalous over the next few days with the potential for widespread recordhigh minimum temperatures Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning across largeportions of the east and Saturday and Sunday morning along large portionsof the West coast.  The warmer than average temperatures having also beenproducing widespread foggy conditions from the Mid-West, Lower Great Lakesinto the Northeast as the warm air moves over cooler ground/snow coveredgrounds.  This will likely continue again Thursday night into early Fridaywith dense fog advisories currently in effect across these regions.In this mild weather pattern, winter weather will be mostly absent fromthe Lower 48.  An exception will be across portions of northern NewEngland from Maine into New Hampshire, Vermont, far western Massachusettsand far northern New York State where ice and snow are possible.  Theheaviest snows are expected across central Maine into far northern NewHampshire and far northeast Vermont where totals of 4 to 6 inches arepossible.  Freezing rain totals of .10"+ are possible across largeportions of New Hampshire, Vermont, far western Massachusetts and farnorthern New York State.