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FXUS01 KWBC 291948
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
247 PM EST FRI DEC 29 2023
VALID 00Z SAT DEC 30 2023 - 00Z MON JAN 01 2024
...PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM BRINGS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO CALIFORNIA
TONIGHT; MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FORECAST FOR THE SIERRAS
SATURDAY...
...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST/NEW ENGLAND,
WITH SOME ACCUMULATING ICE AND SNOW IN MAINE...
..COOLER TEMPERATURES AND CHILLY MORNING LOWS FOR THE SOUTHEAST
AN AMPLIFIED UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE GENERATING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEST COAST TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO FOCUS ALONG PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA'S
NORTH/CENTRAL COASTS AND COASTAL RANGES TONIGHT. SOME LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PRIMARY BAND OF
STORMS AND OVER THE COASTAL RANGES WHERE UPSLOPING WILL ENHANCE
RAINFALL TOTALS. HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO WANE ACROSS THE REGION
LATER TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING WHEN THE UPPER TROUGH WILL
SHIFT INTO THE GREAT BASIN. HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE
SIERRA LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS SNOW LEVELS DROP OVER/BEHIND
THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER TROUGH. MEANWHILE, A WINTRY MIX IS
EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND WHILE HEAVY SNOW
OCCURS OVER NORTHERN MAINE THROUGH SATURDAY. WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR BOTH THE SIERRA AND NORTHERN MAINE.
NEW YEARS EVE (SUNDAY) WILL BE QUIET ACROSS THE CONUS WITH SOME
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN.
SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF THE
CALIFORNIA COAST OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE WELL BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE
SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF AN
ARCTIC COLD FRONT YESTERDAY (THURSDAY). TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM
OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST INTO
NORTHERN FLORIDA DURING THIS PERIOD. FROST ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INTO NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA.
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