61.   Farther west, some moderately heavy snow squalls will develop downwind of Lake Superior and northern Lake Michigan as cold air pours over relatively tepid waters.

62.   Farther west, the Central Valley will be very hot once again, with some locations reaching record maximums as air descends under a strong ridge of high pressure.

63.   Farther west, where the air is colder, rain will mix with freezing rain, sleet and snow from the upper Hudson Valley to interior Maine.

64.   Farther west in Tribeca, the young dealer Ethan Cohen has opened a street-level gallery concentrating on new work by Asian artists.

65.   Farther west over the Gulf Coast, humid onshore winds will foster clouds, showers and isolated thunderstorms over southeast Texas.

66.   Farther west, a cluster of potent thunderstorms will erupt over North Dakota and northern Minnesota near a front linked to low pressure.

67.   Farther west, a disturbance dropping southeast into Nebraska will produce partly to mostly cloudy skies for the central and northern Plains.

68.   Farther west, a fast-moving jet stream disturbance crossing the Great Lakes will cause clouds and light snow showers to occur from Michigan to northern Pennsylvania.

69.   Farther west, a few inches of snow will accumulate in a band from northern Indiana to central Michigan where cold air will remain firmly in place.

70.   Farther west, a moist flow of air from the Gulf of Mexico will promote isolated showers from west Texas to New Mexico and southern Colorado.