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FXUS01 KWBC 021736
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
135 PM EDT THU NOV 02 2023
VALID 00Z FRI NOV 03 2023 - 00Z SUN NOV 05 2023
...RECENT COLD WEATHER PATTERN EAST OF THE ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE
TO WARM INTO THIS WEEKEND...
...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO
CONTINUE INTO PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, NORTHERN ROCKIES
AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...
THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE CONTINUED MODERATION OF THE RECENT MUCH
BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ACROSS AREAS TO THE EAST OF THE
ROCKIES. WHILE FROSTS AND FREEZES ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY
MORNING FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, TENNESSEE VALLEY,
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST, MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST, NO
WIDESPREAD RECORDS ARE EXPECTED. THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE
RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE COLD MORNING LOWS WILL BE MOVING
OFFSHORE OF THE NORTHEAST LATE THURSDAY, WITH MILDER UPSTREAM AIR
OVER THE MID SECTION OF THE NATION CONTINUING TO PUSH EASTWARD
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IN ADDITION TO THE WARMING TREND, MOSTLY
DRY WEATHER EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHWEST, THROUGH THE MID SECTION
OF THE NATION AND INTO THE EAST, SAVE FOR SOME COASTAL SHOWERS
ALONG THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA.
THE WET REGION OF THE LOWER 48 WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. MUCH
NEEDED ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED, BRINGING RELIEF TO
AREAS OF THE NORTHWEST THAT ARE EXPERIENCING SEVERE TO EXCEPTIONAL
DROUGHT CONDITION. THE CURRENT INITIAL ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IN
THIS WET PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ON THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT AS IT PUSHES INLAND INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SURGE OF ABOVE AVERAGE MOISTURE
VALUES AS THE NEXT ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT BRINGS ADDITIONAL HEAVY
PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, SPREADING INLAND INTO THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED BY
ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
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