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FXUS01 KWBC 240741
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
241 AM EST FRI NOV 24 2023
VALID 12Z FRI NOV 24 2023 - 12Z SUN NOV 26 2023
...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL FOSTER HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...
...TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW AVERAGE FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY THIS
WEEKEND, WITH THE GREATEST ANOMALIES AND SOME FRIGID CONDITIONS IN
THE CENTRAL PLAINS...
A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD FROM THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS HEADING INTO THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND BRINGING A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW.
SNOWFALL IS FORECAST FROM THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN INTO THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES AND PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS, PARTICULARLY
WESTERN NEBRASKA, ON FRIDAY, WITH THE FOCUS SHIFTING INTO KANSAS
SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4-6" ARE FORECAST FROM WESTERN
NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A WINTRY MIX WILL STRETCH FROM THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO EASTERN KANSAS
AND MISSOURI, WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FOR THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. SOME HEAVIER TOTALS ARE FORECAST
FOR THE WASATCH AND CENTRAL ROCKIES, PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHWEST
COLORADO, WHERE 12-18" ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW RATES OF
1"/HR AT TIMES WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS,
ESPECIALLY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS ON SATURDAY.
THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FOR THE MOUNTAINS BY SATURDAY
MORNING AND FOR THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY SATURDAY EVENING. OTHER THAN
SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN TEXAS INTO THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SATURDAY, THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE
MOSTLY DRY.
THE OTHER STORY THIS WEEKEND WILL BE BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING A COLD FRONT PASSAGE, WITH THE
GREATEST ANOMALIES AND SOME FRIGID CONDITIONS IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BE IN THE 20S AND 30S, WITH MORNING LOWS
DROPPING INTO THE TEENS. BREEZY WINDS WILL LEAD TO MORNING WIND
CHILLS AROUND AND EVEN BELOW 0 IN SOME CASES. WHILE NOT QUITE AS
FRIGID, TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE RUNNING BELOW AVERAGE IN THE
EASTERN U.S., WITH HIGHS IN THE 20S AND 30S FOR THE GREAT LAKES
AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST, 30S AND 40S FOR THE MIDWEST AND NEW
ENGLAND, AND 40S AND 50S FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC INTO THE CAROLINAS.
THE SOUTH WILL BE WARMER AND CLOSER TO AVERAGE, WITH MOSTLY 60S
EXPECTED. HIGHS WILL BE RUNNING BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE
INTERIOR WEST AS WELL, WITH 30S AND 40S FOR THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL
ROCKIES, GREAT BASIN, AND FOUR CORNERS REGION, AND INTO THE 60S
FOR THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSER TO AVERAGE
FOR THE WEST COAST, WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S FOR THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND 60S INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER, MORNING LOWS WILL BE A CONCERN FOR THE SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR OR
BELOW FREEZING.
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