1.   Meetings could be banned and the townships sealed off in the event of new disturbances.

2.   At the same time, a new disturbance will cause an expanding area of showers and thunderstorms over Texas and Oklahoma later Thursday.

3.   A new disturbance entering the nation from central Canada should trigger mixed showers from the eastern Dakotas to Minnesota.

4.   A new disturbance will form over Louisiana and it will produce an area of rain over Mississippi, northern Alabama and southeast Tennessee.

5.   A new disturbance, which came onshore in British Columbia on Sunday, will strengthen as it crosses the prairies of southern Canada.

6.   A new disturbance developing over northern Texas will draw humid air into the lower Mississippi Valley.

7.   A new disturbance in the jet stream will enter the Northwest, followed by colder air, which will cause snow levels to lower in the Cascades and Sierras.

8.   A new disturbance will form over the interior West as another surge of chilly, moist air arrives from the North Pacific.

9.   A new disturbance moving into the Southwest will produce clouds, cooler air and some showers.

10.   A new disturbance will bring coastal rain and mountain snows to California and Oregon.