41.   Elsewhere in the West, rain showers and mountain snows will be common across Washington, Idaho, Utah and western parts of Montana and Wyoming.

42.   Farther west, onshore breezes will promote rain showers and mountain snow in the Pacific Northwest.

43.   Farther east, a few rain showers will develop from the central Mississippi Valley to Wisconsin.

44.   Farther west, a few light rain showers will develop from eastern Michigan into the southern Appalachians ahead of an advancing cold front.

45.   Favorable weather was forecast, though rain showers remained possible.

46.   Farther south, variable clouds with some rain showers will prevail across the northern Ohio Valley and southern Great Lakes.

47.   Farther west, a cold front with rain showers, marking the leading edge of wintry air will move east from the central Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.

48.   Farther west, rain showers will end as snow showers and flurries across southern Minnesota and Iowa.

49.   Four days before Christmas Stenger was looking at a rain shower falling from a leaden sky.

50.   Forecasters offered a favorable weather outlook but warned there was a chance of high winds, low clouds or rain showers.