Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow

Rest of today — Cloudy with a 50% chance of snow. Highs in the upper 30s. Wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Tonight — Cloudy with a 40% chance of snow showers. Blustery with lows 15 to 20. Winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

Sunday — Cloudy with a 50% chance of snow. Blustery with highs in upper 20s. Winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Sunday night — Cloudy with a 50% chance of snow. Blustery with lows in the lower 20s.

Monday — Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Monday night — Clear. Lows in lower 20s.

Tuesday — Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Tuesday night — Cloudy. Lows in upper 20s.

Wednesday — Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Wednesday night — Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.

Thursday — Partly sunny with a chance of rain and snow showers. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 50%.

Nation — Snow and rain will stretch along a cold front from New England to the western Gulf coast. Temperatures will fall following a brief surge of milder air before the front. A cold rain will fall on parts of South Texas, and an unseasonably cold weekend for the Big Bend area of the state is in store. Most areas from the Plains to the Pacific coast can expect a dry and sunny day. National high Thursday 96° at Zapata, Texas; low -13° at Lake Yellowstone, Wyo.