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FXUS01 KWBC 271857
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
256 PM EDT TUE OCT 27 2009
VALID 00Z WED OCT 28 2009 - 12Z THU OCT 29 2009
LIGHT SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST BEHIND A
STRONG COLD FRONT. WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR COLORADO...WYOMING...UTAH...AND
WESTERN NEBRASKA. PRECIPITATION IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO FALL
ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4
INCHES ARE LIKELY...WHILE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. AREAS AS FAR SOUTH AS THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST MAY SEE UNSEASONABLE SNOWFALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS
FRONT.
STRONG WINDS AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS
FRONT. SOME AREAS BEHIND THE FRONT ARE EXPERIENCING TEMPERATURES
MORE THAN 25 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. REPORTED
WIND GUSTS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. ARE TOPPING 60 MPH. STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN THIS REGION THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...MAKING ALREADY CHILLIER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES SEEM
EVEN COLDER.
THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. IS STILL RECEIVING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM DRAPED FROM THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY NORTH NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. AS THE MAIN
AREA OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY LIFTS NORTHWARD THE CLOSED LOW
CURRENTLY SITUATED IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE INTO
THE OHIO VALLEY...BRINGING THE RAIN INTO NEW YORK AND THE NEW
ENGLAND STATES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL FINALLY
MAKE ITS EXIT ON THURSDAY...LEAVING MOST OF THE EAST COAST TO
FINISH OUT THE WORK WEEK UNDER PARTLY SUNNY SKIES AND SLIGHTLY
WARMER THAN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES.
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