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FXUS01 KWBC 110703
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
202 AM EST SAT NOV 11 2023
VALID 12Z SAT NOV 11 2023 - 12Z MON NOV 13 2023
...HEAVY SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN CASCADES AND LIGHTER AMOUNTS OVER
PARTS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...
...SNOW FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN...
...HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF THE NORTHERN
CASCADES AND NORTHERN ROCKIES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
A FRONT MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST MOVES EASTWARD
TO THE MIDWEST BY SUNDAY EVENING WHILE WEAKENING. THE SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE COASTAL RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE
NORTHWEST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ON SATURDAY, THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES. MOREOVER, SNOW WILL
DEVELOP IN LIGHTER AMOUNTS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.
IN ADDITION, THE STORM WILL CREATE STRONG WIND OVER PARTS OF THE
NORTHERN CASCADES INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES, PROMPTING HIGH WIND
WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ON SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
FURTHERMORE, ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL PRODUCE LIGHT
SNOW OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF MICHIGAN S UPPER PENINSULA ON
SATURDAY, TAPERING OFF BY SATURDAY EVENING. AS THE SYSTEM FROM THE
NORTHWEST MOVES EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST ON SUNDAY, THE
ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL CHANGE ANY LINGERING SNOW OVER THE
UPPER PENINSULA INTO RAIN. THE RAIN WILL END BY SUNDAY EVENING.
MEANWHILE, A FRONT LINGERS ALONG THE GULF COAST ON SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY WILL HAVE MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO OVERRUNNING THE
BOUNDARY, CREATING RAIN FROM THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC
SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THROUGH LATE SUNDAY. ON
SATURDAY, THE MOISTURE FROM THE WESTERN GULF COAST WILL STREAM
INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, CREATING RAIN THAT EXTENDS OVER PARTS OF
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND EXPANDS INTO PARTS OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY MONDAY MORNING.
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