Through the afternoon of Monday, March 27, the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center is forecasting mainly dry weather in the northern Great Plains, Minnesota, and northwest Wisconsin—as well as southern Nevada, southeast California, Utah, and New Mexico (except for some higher-elevation areas). Mostly dry weather is also forecast in most of the Florida Peninsula, where short-term moderate and severe drought has intensified recently. Heavier precipitation amounts are forecast for parts of western Oregon and Washington and far northwest California. Heavy rainfall, locally up to or exceeding 3 inches, is forecast along and south of the I-44 and I-70 corridors from far northeast Oklahoma into Ohio. Widespread rain amounts of at least 1.5 inches are likely in the northern halves of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, and in the southwest half of Tennessee. Widespread precipitation amounts of 0.5–0.75 inches are likely in much of the Northeast, with localized higher amounts.

For March 28–April 1, the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center’s outlook strongly favors above-normal precipitation in most of the West, especially central and southern California. Above-normal precipitation is also favored in Tennessee and portions of the surrounding states, most of the Great Plains (except for the area stretching from southeast New Mexico to western Kansas), the Upper Midwest, most of the Northeast, and most of Alaska. Below-normal precipitation is favored in the southern half of the Florida Panhandle, as well as far southeast Alaska. The temperature outlook strongly favors colder-than-normal weather across most of the West, especially California and Nevada, with most of the northern contiguous U.S. also leaning toward colder-than-normal temperatures. The entire Gulf Coast region is more likely to have warmer-than-normal temperatures. Warmer-than-normal temperatures are favored in northeast Alaska, while colder-than-normal weather is more likely in southeast Alaska.