Weather: Tonight, Tomorrow, Next Day, Five Days, and Intermediate-Term Outlooks for the U.S. and a Five-Day Forecast for the World: posted April 21, 2023

Updated at 6:51 p.m. EDT Friday, April 21, 2023

Here is what we are paying attention to in the next 48 to 72 hours. The article also includes weather maps for longer-term outlooks and a five-day World weather forecast.

We start with the U.S. Information.

Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
313 PM EDT Fri Apr 21 2023

Valid 00Z Sat Apr 22 2023 – 00Z Mon Apr 24 2023

…Numerous showers and thunderstorms continue eastward along a cold front
from the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys today to the East Coast this weekend
with severe weather and flash flooding possible…

…Dome of high pressure to deliver widespread swath of abnormally chilly
temperatures from the Nation’s Heartland today and Saturday to the East
Coast by Sunday…

…Mountain snow and coastal/valley showers for the northern/central
Rockies and Pacific Northwest; unsettled and stormy second half of the
weekend for southern and central Texas...