1.   With any luck we should reach the coast before it gets dark.

2.   Now I would need silver to reach the coast and get across the Narrow Seas.

3.   A difference of a day would have determined whether Floyd recurved northward before it reached the coast or made landfall in Florida.

4.   A fast-moving disturbance will produce showers over the interior Northeast Wednesday, which will reach the coast at night.

5.   A front with showers and intermittent mountain snow will reach the coast from northern California to Washington.

6.   Broken areas of ice will glaze some of the deeper valleys of interior New England, with patchy showers reaching the coast later in the day.

7.   Broken bands of showers will reach the coast from southern New England to North Carolina on Sunday as weak low pressure drifts near the Virginia Coast.

8.   Chilly air over the Tennessee Valley will spread across the Deep South and reach the coast Saturday night.

9.   Drier air will reach the coast from Washington to northern California as offshore winds develop.

10.   Meanwhile, isolated showers and a shield of clouds will reach the coasts of Washington and northwest Oregon.