The Nation's Weather 10.19.08

By WEATHER UNDERGROUND

Showers and thunderstorms were expected along the Southeast Coast on Sunday but were to wane early in the morning.

Dry conditions were expected to prevail from the Southern Plains through the eastern third of the country.

Cold air was expected to move into the Northeast, further dampening high temperatures after a chilly start to the morning.

Farther west, a cold front was to drag across the Intermountain West and Northern Plains. Not much moisture was expected, but rain and even a few snow showers were possible in Montana and into the Dakotas.

Late in the day, a Pacific storm system was to approach the Northwest. Rain and high elevation snow was to gradually move into Washington and Oregon into Monday.

Temperatures were to be in the 40s and 50s in the Northeast; 60s and 70s in the Southeast; 70s and 80s in the Southern Plains; and 80s and some 90s in the Southwest.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Saturday ranged from 15 degrees at Kremmling, Colo., to 100 degrees at Yuma, Ariz.