21.   Scattered showers were predicted over New England with storms reaching into the northern Appalachians.

22.   Scattered showers were predicted over the upper Midwest and northern Plains, especially over the Dakotas and in Minnesota.

23.   Snow showers were predicted in a wide area of the Rockies and Great Basin.

24.   Showers were predicted in the Pacific Northwest with limited snow showers in the northern Cascades and mountains of Idaho.

25.   Snow showers were predicted for the interior Northeast, while clouds and scattered rain showers were forecast for the Carolinas, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and northern Florida.

26.   Snow showers were predicted to continue over the Great Lakes, then push through the Northeast and New England states.

27.   The national weather service predicted more showers on Thursday, and warned the flooding could worsen.

28.   The weather bureau predicted more showers for the next few days.

29.   But forecasts predict scattered showers through the day.