31.   In the meantime, a moist flow of Pacific air will bring cool, showery weather to much of the Northwestern states.

32.   In the wake of the cool front, Pacific air will spread over the upper Middle West, but modified Arctic air will stay locked over Canada.

33.   In the wake of the front, seasonably cold Pacific air will spill into the upper Middle West.

34.   Lowland showers and mountain snow will cover much of the West from the coast to the Rockies as low pressure directs moist Pacific air inland.

35.   Meanwhile, very warm weather will embrace the coast of southern and central California as offshore winds arrest the inland flow of cool Pacific air.

36.   Milder Pacific air will be preceded clouds and showers to the Northwest coast.

37.   Milder Pacific air has been forced to detour far south of its direct route to the northern Plains, cut off by the high near Alaska.

38.   Moreover, these winds kept the layer of cool Pacific air confined to the beaches.

39.   Meanwhile, areas of freezing rain and pockets of snow will glaze parts of eastern Washington as Pacific air tries to dislodge Arctic air.

40.   Meanwhile, milder Pacific air will gain a foothold on the upper Middle West, ushered into the region by increasing winds from the Southwest.