Wet Pattern Evolving

A wet weather pattern is beginning to evolve from the central part of thecountry to the Northeast. The near- to above-normal rainfall will be invoked bya series of small storms moving from west to east. The storms won't beparticularly strong, but you don't need much when there is so much moistureavailable. In the winter, it takes a much stronger storm to crank out the sameamount of precipitation simply because the colder overall environment holdsless water vapor. In any case, some of the rain is going to be quite heavylater this week.The corridor from North Texas to the Great Lakes will probably get the firstdose of heavy rain today into Thursday. The heavy rain band is likely to set upfarther south over time impacting an area from eastern Oklahoma to Kentucky bySunday.