21.   Mostly clear and dry skies were predicted over the rest of California, the Great Basin, the southern Rockies, and the Southwest.

22.   Mostly sunny skies were predicted in southern and central California and in the Desert Southwest.

23.   Mostly cloudy skies were predicted to persist through the afternoon in the Pacific Northwest.

24.   Mostly sunny skies were predicted across New England and the Mid-Atlantic.

25.   Mostly clear skies were predicted in the Southeast, with some rain showers in parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.

26.   Partly cloudy skies were predicted for Southern California and Texas.

27.   Sunny skies were predicted in much of the Plains, Midwest and Appalachians.

28.   Weathermen predicted clear skies in central Japan.

29.   Weathermen predicted cloudy skies with intermittent rain or snowfall for the rest of Friday.

30.   Weathermen predicted cloudy skies with intermittent snowfall for the rest of Saturday and Sunday morning in the generally mountainous area of central Japan.