From the US National Weather Service
Expect a warmup over the next couple of days as our air will be coming out of the south rather than Canada. This warmup will continue the process of melting the snow on the ground and the ice on the rivers. A slow and steady melting is what we need to prevent flooding issues.
However, a storm system will move northeastward from the south-central US this afternoon and cross our area Friday evening. This system will bring widespread rain to the area beginning late tonight and continuing into early Saturday morning. Currently, there remains a lot of uncertainty on rainfall amounts, and determining how much snow will melt in the ridges is difficult.
The other issue is the rain and snow melt should cause rises on streams and creeks which could disturb ice on the waterways. There is the potential for ice jams if this occurs. At this time, no points on any of the rivers are forecasted to reach flood stage. But we also need to keep an eye on local streams as well. Thus, the flood watch continues.
We will be watching the data and getting those rainfall amounts honed in.
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