A stormy stretch continues across the central and southern Plains early this week, with widespread thunderstorms and a risk of flash flooding and severe weather, including hail and isolated tornadoes. As a cold front advances, the rain shifts eastward, soaking the Ohio Valley, Mid-South, and Gulf Coast midweek before spreading into the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic by Friday. The Southwest also turns wetter later this week as tropical moisture feeds daily downpours. Cooler temperatures will follow the front into the central U.S., while the Northeast and West remain seasonably warm.
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January is closing out with no shortage of winter weather. Frigid temperatures will dominate the eastern U.S. for the rest of the week as another round of arctic air spills southward starting Friday. The cold could break more records as far south as Florida. Meanwhile, forecasters are closely tracking a potentially significant East Coast winter storm this weekend that could bring heavy snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding from the Carolinas to New England. Out West, a soggy pattern continues in the Pacific Northwest, with rounds of rain and mountain snow.