Overview
- Following Thursday’s unseasonable heat, a cold front brings nighttime showers and a few thunderstorms into Friday across parts of the Plains, Mid-Atlantic and New England.
- Temperatures fall quickly behind the front on Friday, leading to a cooler weekend and even a brief frost or freeze risk in sections of the central Plains Saturday morning.
- Forecasters flag travel and safety hazards that include dense morning fog around Southeast Louisiana, gusty winds in Northern California and the Northeast, and elevated fire danger where post‑frontal winds cross dry ground.
- Most areas turn drier for the weekend, then forecasts point to a broader shift early next week with beneficial rain at lower elevations and high‑elevation snow that could slow travel over mountain passes.
- Regional outlets highlight different impacts, with coastal California eyeing early‑week rain totals, the Mid‑Atlantic expecting overnight downpours then Friday clearing, and the Upper Midwest cooling briefly before rebounding to 60s and 70s by Sunday.