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FXUS01 KWBC 082021
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
320 PM EST MON FEB 08 2010
VALID 00Z TUE FEB 09 2010 - 00Z THU FEB 11 2010
...ANOTHER COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE EASTERN
THIRD OF THE COUNTRY...ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY EVENING...
COLD MID-LEVEL VORTEX OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL U.S. WILL MIGRATE
INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...INTERACTING WITH
A SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM ALREADY PRODUCING RAINFALL ACROSS THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS...OZARKS AND LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY.
ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE TWO SYSTEMS COME TOGETHER
ACROSS THE MID OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...AND SNOW AND
SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE MIDWEST/OHIO VALLEY...MID ATLANTIC AND
APPALACHIA. NUMEROUS WINTER WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNING ARE
POSTED...WITHIN THE I-80 AND I-40 CORRIDORS FROM THE OZARKS
EASTWARD TO THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH
CAROLINA...AND POINTS NORTHWARD ENCOMPASSING MUCH OF THE OHIO
VALLEY AND MID ATLANTIC REGION.
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...
ANOTHER STRONG COASTAL LOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS OF
THE CAROLINAS AND MOVES OFFSHORE OF THE DELMARVA... TRACKING
NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COASTLINE. STRONG WINDS AND
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS ANTICIPATED ALONG THE EASTERN
SEABOARD FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA TO THE SOUTHERN COAST OF NEW
ENGLAND.
A PERSISTENT SOUTHERN STREAM AND JET ENERGY WILL FOCUS ANOTHER
RAINFALL AND MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL SCENARIO ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CALIFORNIA...THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND GREAT BASIN. A STRONG
MID-LEVEL VORTEX DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN/CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA AND MIGRATES ALONG A SOUTHERN STORM TRACK...INTO THE
LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MEXICO BY
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
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