3 PM Radar Update: A cluster of storms moving into the Triad from the west will progress eastward across the northern half of the forecast area through the evening. Pockets of heavy rain and isolated flooding will be the primary threat. An isolated severe storm is also possible. | US National Weather Service Raleigh NC

NOAA and the National Weather Service (NWS) are forecasting "an expansive" winter storm that will impact a majority of the U.S. with heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Read more by clicking the link in the comments. #winterstorm #snow #ice #news | The National Desk - TND

Shown here is an animation of WPC forecast maps for the U.S. for the next 7 days. Showers and thunderstorms associated with the remnants of tropical depression 16-E are expected to taper off during the next few days from across the Desert Southwest into the central Plains. Up to a few inches of rain can be expected in the central Plains. Our attention will then shift to the East Coast where a low pressure center is forecast to form off the Carolina coast and continue to linger just off the mid-A

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has outlined an enhanced risk of severe weather for parts of the Mid-Mississippi River and Lower Ohio River Valleys on Tuesday (2/28). Large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes are possible. Heavy rainfall in these regions will also increase the threat of flash flooding. The area where these severe storms are likely to occur can be seen in this GOES composite colorized infrared imagery captured earlier today, February 28, 2017. Composite ima