“That allows temperatures to warm up over the Memorial Day weekend.” The normal high for this time of year in Spokane, as measured at Spokane International Airport, is 69 degrees. That means the highs through this week, which will be about 60 on Thursday before moving to the upper 60s on Friday, will remain cooler than normal.

Any pause in storminess after the week-long barrage that ended Wednesday is short-lived, as severe weather and flood threats increase into Memorial Day weekend across a big chunk of the south-central United States.