Today's report runs about 3 minutes .Light weather at the nations airline Hubs.. Shoutout to the Fort Pierce Exec golfer, laying odds on the weater models prdicting next weeks storms.Look for my special on weather models this weekend.Unsettled weather continues for the West with locally heavy snowfallpossible for many of the local mountain ranges.Wintry precipitation through tonight for the Northern Plains.Above average temperatures for the eastern half of the nation throughSaturday, potentially record-breaking for some locations.Upper level troughing will remain in place over the West for the nextcouple of days, with several shortwaves rotating through and providingsupport for precipitation across the region. Most of the higher elevationsof the regional mountain ranges will see some moderate to locally heavysnowfall. The highest snow amounts are forecast to fall over the FourCorners region today where probabilities are high (>70%) for greater than12 inches of snow for parts of the Mogollon Rim and San Juan mountains.Probabilities are also high (70%) for greater than 8 inches of snow in thehigher terrain of the Wasatch. Moderate impacts are expected in theseareas through Friday morning, and additional rounds of snow are forecastthrough Saturday. In the lower elevations/valleys, precipitation will fallmainly as a wintry mix or rain, and limited snowfall accumulations will bepossible in some areas. Temperatures in the West will be below averagethrough the weekend due to forecast precipitation and cloud cover, thentemperatures will return to near normal next week.To the east, a low pressure system is slowly moving across the UpperMidwest and will continue across the Great Lakes on Friday. This systemwill continue to produce wintry precipitation across the northern Plainsthrough tonight, then snow will taper off from west to east early Fridaymorning. Ahead of this system, showers and thunderstorms will spread intothe Great Lakes region and isolated severe thunderstorms will be possiblefrom eastern Iowa through southwestern parts of Lake Michigan. To thesouth of the trailing cold front associated with this system, stagnantsoutherly flow is funneling moisture from the Gulf of Mexico into thesouthern United States. With ample moisture in place, showers andthunderstorms will spread from the southern Plains to the Tennessee andOhio Valleys on Friday as the cold front approaches and precipitation willexpand into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday. Temperatures will be well above average for the eastern half of the nationthrough Saturday, with the highest anomalies reaching 25-35 degrees abovenormal in the Midwest. Highs are forecast to reach the 40s and 50s in theUpper Midwest and Great Lakes, and the 60s to near 70 in the MiddleMississippi Valley. The highest anomalies will shift to the Mid-Atlanticand Northeast on Saturday, and highs will range from the 40s in Maine tothe 60s and near 70 in the Virginia and North Carolina. High temperatureswill rival daily records in the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Mid-Atlanticregions. Further South, highs will generally be in the 60s and 70s fromthe Southern Plains into the Southeast.