31.   After a period of relatively tranquil weather, several strong jet-stream disturbances will bring inclement conditions to parts of the nation Saturday.

32.   But several more moisture-laden disturbances will bring windswept rain and mountain snow across the Northwest during the next few days.

33.   Clouds will spread across the Middle Atlantic states as a weakening disturbance brings periods of light rain from Ohio to northern Virginia.

34.   During the last few days, a slow-moving disturbance brought three to six inches of rain around Brownsville.

35.   Elsewhere, a disturbance will bring many thunderstorms to Texas while unseasonable warmth and abundant sunshine cover the West.

36.   Farther south, hot air will persist in the southern Plains and Texas where a disturbance will bring a few thunderstorms to the lower Rio Grande Valley.

37.   Farther west, a moisture-laden tropical disturbance will bring the risk of heavy rains to parts of the Texas and Louisiana seaboards.

38.   Farther west, a second disturbance will bring heavy rain and gusty winds to the Pacific Northwest.

39.   Farther west, a fast-moving disturbance will bring clouds and patchy light snow or flurries from peaks of the northern Rockies to the Dakotas.

40.   Farther north, a weak disturbance will bring a few light showers to parts of the central Great Lakes.