The blizzard is over but the digging out and clearing of the roads and highways will continue across parts of the Dakotas.
Periods of light snow and gusty winds will continue across the northern plains on Wednesday but snowfall amounts will be light.
The intensity of the snow and wind should be much less than the western sections of the northern Plains had.
The lower Great Lakes and Ohio Valley will have to deal with periods of rain and a few rumbles of thunder on Wednesday.
The eastern Ohio Valley may see a few lingering showers into Thursday.
The rest of the Midwest will see some sunshine with clouds mixed in.
High temperatures will range from the 20s and 30s far north to the 50s and 60s Wednesday and Thursday,
A strong disturbing aloft will interact with a lingering front across Texas.
The result will be rain and thunderstorms across parts of the area on Wednesday.
In fact, severe thunderstorms are possible from coastal Louisiana westward to the hill country of central Texas.
Hail and damaging winds are the main threats from the thunderstorms in Louisiana and eastern Texas.
Central Texas could have the hail and damaging winds, with the possibility of a few tornadoes.
A relatively stationary front across the South Thursday and Friday will keep rain and strong thunderstorms in the forecast.
A more potent storm will develop east of the Rockies by Thursday and ride eastward across the stationary front later Friday and Saturday bringing another round of heavy rain and possibly severe thunderstorms from west to east across the region.
The Northeast will have another dry day ahead and temperatures will begin to moderate a bit.
Rain will move in soon and could reach West Virginia, western portions of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia by evening, however.
More rain will fall on Thursday, with higher amounts across the Middle Atlantic region, as low pressure moves through Virginia.
Rainfall from both days should be in the be in the one half inch to one inch range.
Temperatures will be milder with highs reaching middle 40s to middle 50s on Wednesday.
The Northwest and northern Rockies will have to deal with another storm system that will produce lower elevation rain and mountain snow.
Snow across the northern Rockies may even be accompanied by lightning and thunder.
Rainfall totals may reach an inch west of the Cascades of Washington and Oregon, but should remain one inch over interior valleys.
Snow accumulations may be in the 12 to 24 inch range in the mountains through Thursday morning.
The Southwest and southern California should remain sunny to partly cloudy, dry and warm.
High temperatures Wednesday should range from the 30s and 40s north to the 70s and 80s south, with 60s expected along the coast.
