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FXUS01 KWBC 010801
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM EST MON JAN 01 2024
VALID 12Z MON JAN 01 2024 - 12Z WED JAN 03 2024
...QUIET AND GENERALLY MILD PATTERN ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL MEAN
MINIMAL WEATHER-RELATED DISRUPTIONS NEW YEAR'S DAY...
...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR EASTERN TEXAS INTO THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE TUESDAY...
...UNSETTLED WEATHER TO ARRIVE ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST TUESDAY...
A QUIET, TRANQUIL NEW YEAR'S DAY (TUESDAY) IS IN STORE FOR MOST OF
THE COUNTRY AS PRECIPITATION CHANCES REMAIN LIMITED AND LIGHT. A
LIGHT WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES INTO THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS WITH A CLIPPER-TYPE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS
ARE ANTICIPATED EXCEPT FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL
APPALACHINS WHICH COULD SEE A FEW INCHES. SOME SPOTTY RAIN SHOWERS
WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE COASTAL MID-ATLANTIC. SOME LIGHT SNOW
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A FRONTAL WAVE DROPPING INTO THE
UPPER MIDWEST, AS WELL AS SOME LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND
ALONG THE WESTERN/CENTRAL GULF COAST AHEAD OF A COUPLE SOUTHERN
STREAM SHORTWAVES. TEMPERATURES WISE, THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE
COUNTRY FROM THE PLAINS THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO NEW
ENGLAND WILL GENERALLY BE RUNNING ABOVE AVERAGE, WITH HIGHS IN THE
30S AND 40S. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW A COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST/SOUTHERN PLAINS. FORECAST HIGHS RANGE IN THE
40S AND 50S INLAND MONDAY, WITH 50S FOR THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE/NORTHERN PENINSULA TUESDAY. MORNING LOWS
HERE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MAY DROP TO NEAR FREEZING. ELSEWHERE,
HIGHS SHOULD BE NEAR WINTER AVERAGES FOR EARLY JANUARY.
THE WEATHER PATTERN STARTS TO GET A BIT MORE ACTIVE TUESDAY.
FIRST, GULF MOISTURE RETURNING AHEAD OF THE ONE OF THE PASSING
SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVES WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS LATER TUESDAY
AND SPREADING INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY. THE CHANCES FOR HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG
THE GULF COAST. TO THE WEST, A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC WILL
DROP SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST, BRINGING COASTAL/LOWER
ELEVATION RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN/CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. MODERATE TO LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED, WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL MOST LIKELY
ALONG THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. IN ADDITION, HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN COASTAL RANGES, KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, AND
SIERRA COULD SEE SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATING SNOWS.
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