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FXUS01 KWBC 211911
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
210 PM EST TUE NOV 21 2023
VALID 00Z WED NOV 22 2023 - 00Z FRI NOV 24 2023
...EAST COAST HOLIDAY TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. MUCH BETTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REMAINDER OF THE NATION...
...A WHITE THANKSGIVING ON TAP FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK
STATE, NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...
...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES SINK SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS/NORTHERN ROCKIES ON THANKSGIVING...
THE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENT CURRENTLY ONGOING ACROSS THE
EASTERN QUARTER OF THE NATION WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE POTENTIAL
HOLIDAY TRAVEL IMPACTS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM
SYSTEM AND FRONTAL BOUNDARIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCLEMENT
WEATHER CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE
LIKELY FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE EAST,
BRINGING SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINS TO TO AREAS FROM THE APPALACHIANS,
SOUTHEAST, MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST THAT HAVE HAD MUCH BELOW
AVERAGE PRECIPITATION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS. ON THE
NORTHERN EDGE OF THIS AREA OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION, A WHITE
THANKSGIVING IS POSSIBLE AS ACCUMULATING SNOWS ARE LIKELY FROM
NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND, WITH THE
HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6" POSSIBLE FROM CENTRAL TO
NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE INTO NORTHERN MAINE.
OVERALL TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY BY
THANKSGIVING ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF THE NATION. EXCEPTIONS TO THIS
WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WHERE
ACCUMULATING SNOWS ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING EARLY THURSDAY AND
CONTINUING INTO THANKSGIVING DAY AND ALONG THE COASTAL PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY AND ACROSS FAR SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THURSDAY,
WHERE LIGHT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. AREAS OF THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS WILL ALSO SEE MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES ON THANKSGIVING DAY AS COLD AIR FROM SOUTHERN CANADA
SURGES SOUTHWARD. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH ABOVE
AVERAGE ACROSS THIS REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, FOLLOWED BY MUCH
COLDER TEMPERATURES AND THE ABOVE MENTIONED SNOW THREAT FOR
THANKSGIVING DAY. THIS COLDER THAN AVERAGE AIR WILL CONTINUE TO
SINK SOUTHWARD AT THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES AND INTO THE CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN PLAINS. COOLER
THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ALSO LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER
OF THE NATION ON THANKSGIVING, WITH THESE COOLER THAN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES THEN TAKING HOLD ACROSS MUCH OF THE NATION BY THIS
WEEKEND, SAVE FOR THE IMMEDIATE WEST COAST AND SOUTH FLORIDA.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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