Matt Makens

What may be the strongest system of the week, if not next two weeks, forms
Wednesday the 6th and spreads impact to the east by the weekend.

Here are a few timesteps showing the center of the system to form over
SD-NE-KS-OK-TX by midday Wednesday:

Now we see Thursday at midday:

We now see a much stronger system over Arkansas.

By Friday that system is headed to the East Coast, but weaker.

The impact of the system will be wind, and thunderstorms from Texas and Oklahoma
to Louisiana to Arkansas. These storms may be strong enough to cause localized
flash flooding.

Here's a look at possible precipitation totals:

That previous map is for total precipitation. For snow only:

I also mentioned the wind, that impact is mostly on the High Plains including
west Texas.

That is the strongest system to watch for the Central US this week.

Midweek system to spread impacts from Texas to the East Coast