Rare May nor'easter brings rain and chance of snow
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We will have more widespread storms Sunday along with a few severe cells for the NE Plains. There will be snow in the mountains with a Winter Weather Advisory in effect.
This disruptive type of coastal storm is more typically seen during winter and rarely happens in May. It will bring heavy rain and wind to millions through Friday.
The advanced archer was left with only a lighter, a knife and some snacks as she walked the Kaiser Pass, a 9,000ft peak which was buried under snowdrifts between 10-12ft deep. Those snacks ran out within days, forcing Tiffany to forage to stay alive.
An unusual May nor’easter soaked New England on Thursday and threatened to bring snow to higher elevations as the states prepared for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
The National Weather Service said a “multitude of hazardous weather” would impact the U.S. over the next several days — from thunderstorms and potentially baseball-sized hail on the Plains, to heavy mountain snow in the West and dangerous heat in the South.
Thursday: Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 1 p.m. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 51. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Through the evening hours be on the lookout for scattered showers and thunderstorms, across western and northern Montana.