755  
FXUS01 KWBC 101928  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
227 PM EST SUN DEC 10 2023  
 
VALID 00Z MON DEC 11 2023 - 00Z WED DEC 13 2023  
 
...SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION AND  
NORTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES AND HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE HIGHER  
ELEVATIONS OF NEW YORK STATE/NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...  
 
...THERE IS A MODERATE TO SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER  
PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND INTO MONDAY EVENING...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND A SECOND AREA OVER PARTS OF THE  
EASTERN GULF COAST...  
 
A FRONT EXTENDING FROM EASTERN CANADA TO THE EASTERN GULF COAST  
WILL SLOWLY MOVE OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE  
FRONT OVER PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC TO THE SOUTHEAST, WITH SOME  
THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN  
MID-ATLANTIC AND A SECOND AREA OVER THE EASTERN GULF COAST THROUGH  
SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, A FEW  
TORNADOES, AND A MINIMAL THREAT OF HAIL.  
 
MOREOVER, MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL POOL ALONG THE  
BOUNDARY ON SUNDAY, PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE  
NORTHEAST. THEREFORE, THE WPC ISSUED A MODERATE RISK OF EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL OVER NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED  
HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE NUMEROUS AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.  
FURTHERMORE, MANY STREAMS MAY FLOOD, POTENTIALLY AFFECTING LARGER  
RIVERS.  
 
IN ADDITION, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND  
AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN GULF COAST.  
THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL  
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN GULF COAST  
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY  
LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, AND  
SMALL STREAMS THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
ALSO, ON SUNDAY, AS COLD AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT, HEAVY SNOW  
WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NEW YORK STATE  
AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND FROM SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY. SNOW  
WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS, AND THE  
RAIN MAY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC BEFORE  
THE PRECIPITATION ENDS.  
 
ON MONDAY, AS THE ASSOCIATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LINGERS OVER THE  
NORTHEAST, HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF MAINE. THEREFORE,  
THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS  
OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND FROM MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING.  
 
THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF  
FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, AND SMALL STREAMS THE  
MOST VULNERABLE. ALSO, ON MONDAY, LAKE-EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP  
DOWNWIND OF THE GREAT LAKES OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST. FURTHER,  
LAKE-EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES FROM  
SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY.  
 
MEANWHILE, A FRONT MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL  
DISSIPATE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAIN AND  
HIGH-ELEVATION SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH  
LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE SNOW OVER PARTS OF  
THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION AND THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES.  
 
ON MONDAY, LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN  
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN HIGH  
PLAINS.  
 
MOREOVER, ON MONDAY, HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY MOVES EASTWARD TO THE SOUTHEAST BY TUESDAY EVENING. ON THE  
WEST SIDE OF THE HIGH, MOISTURE FROM THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO  
WILL START TO STREAM NORTHWARD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, PRODUCING  
LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE WESTERN GULF COAST BY TUESDAY EVENING.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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