41.   Showers and a few thunderstorms will develop by afternoon along the west slopes of the Appalachians.

42.   Showers and thunderstorms will form in the sultry air near the west slopes of the Appalachians, where clouds will keep temperatures a few degrees lower than Wednesday.

43.   Snow showers will fall on the west slopes.

44.   Snow is also likely along the west slopes of the Sierras and in the Bitterroots.

45.   Snow showers will be most common in the higher elevations and along the west slopes.

46.   Snow will also fall mainly on the west slopes of the northern Rockies.

47.   Snow will also occur along the west slopes of many of the mountains in the West as moist air from the Pacific streams inland.

48.   Snow showers will linger along the west slopes of the central and northern Rockies.

49.   Snow will be confined to the west slopes of the Bitterroots and northern Cascades with rain showers elsewhere.

50.   Snow will spread north along the west slopes of the Rockies as a moisture-laden disturbance moves northeast from Arizona.