Strong Damaging Winds Possible

Biggest weather story is the very strong storm developing over the Great Plains. It will bring a blizzard to portions of the plains, severe storms to the south, and heavy rain to the NE. And strong to potentially damaging winds for everyone. This is how it looks to unfold: 

1. Light rain develops late this afternoon. Some drizzle may appear earlier is some places. But most if not all stay dry through at least 3 pm. 
2. Rain with brief pockets of freezing rain in some colder locales, esp. in areas to our N. Rain for most of the night. Some could be heavy. Expect about 3/4" - 1" rain. 
3. Rain ends early Sun morning. Then the clouds should break up some in the early and mid afternoon. Temperatures could rise into the 50's. 
4. The winds start picking up in the afternoon and esp. overnight and on into Monday. Some gusts will be over 50 mph. Expect some tree damage, and some power outages. Nothing widespread. Just something that could happen. 

After this storm, it turns colder and stays season to seasonally cold. Maybe a snow shower/period of light snow Wed/Wed night, and maybe something bigger towards next weekend. 

Enjoy.