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FXUS01 KWBC 270806
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM EST WED DEC 27 2023
VALID 12Z WED DEC 27 2023 - 12Z FRI DEC 29 2023
...WINTER STORM ACROSS NORTHERN TO CENTRAL PLAINS CONTINUES TO
GRADUALLY WIND DOWN...
...A ROUND OF ENHANCED RAINFALL EXPECTED TO MOVE UP THE EAST COAST
THROUGH TONIGHT...
...UNSETTLED WEATHER LINGERS NEAR THE WEST COAST FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS...
THE WINTER STORM THAT PROMPTED WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD WARNINGS ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY WIND
DOWN TODAY. NEVERTHELESS, THE HUGE CIRCULATION IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS ANOMALOUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO SPIN
DOWN. THE MAIN SWATH OF SNOW THAT IS STILL IMPACTING PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THIS MORNING IS
FORECAST TO TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW BY TONIGHT. AN AREA OF MIXED
RAIN AND SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER
THROUGH MISSOURI TODAY. BY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING, THE
MIXED RAIN/SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDWEST AND THEN LINGER OR EVEN
EXPAND A BIT OVER THE MIDWEST WHEN ANOTHER PIECE OF ENERGY FROM
THE NORTH IS FORECAST TO INTERACT WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
MEANWHILE ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE HUGE SYSTEM WHERE MILD
ATLANTIC AIR ATTEMPTS TO OVERRUN THE COOL GROUND INLAND FROM THE
ATLANTIC COAST, A ROUND OF RAIN IS FORECAST TO MOVE UP THE EAST
COAST AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEVELOP TODAY INTO
TONIGHT. SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
MID-ATLANTIC THIS MORNING. BY THURSDAY MORNING, THE LOW CENTER
SHOULD BE PASSING JUST OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST WHERE AN
AREA OF ENHANCED RAINFALL IS FORECAST ACROSS NEW JERSEY TO LONG
ISLAND. AS THE LOW MOVES OFF THE COAST LATER ON THURSDAY,
RESIDUAL ENERGY FROM THE WEAKENING STORM OVER THE MIDWEST WILL
KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OFF THE NORTHEAST INTO FRIDAY
MORNING, WITH LIGHT WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE OVER MAINE.
ACROSS FLORIDA, A ROUND OF RAIN IS FORECAST TO PASS SOUTHERN
FLORIDA AS AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.
MEANWHILE, MOISTURE WELL AHEAD OF A COUPLE OF LARGE PACIFIC
CYCLONES IS FORECAST TO KEEP WEATHER UNSETTLED ALONG THE WEST
COAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAIN
AND HIGHEST ELEVATION SNOW OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND
CALIFORNIA WHILE MUCH OF THE REMINDER OF THE WESTERN U.S. WILL
REMAIN DRY UNDER THE PROTECTION OF A STABLE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM.
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