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FXUS01 KWBC 021934
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
233 PM EST TUE JAN 02 2024
VALID 00Z WED JAN 03 2024 - 00Z FRI JAN 05 2024
...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA
MOUNTAINS...
...HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND THE GREAT
BASIN/CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES...
...LAKE-ENHANCED AND LAKE-EFFECT SNOW DOWNWIND FROM THE GREAT
LAKES...
A WEAK UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER WESTERN TEXAS AND NORTH-CENTRAL MEXICO
WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST BY THURSDAY EVENING.
THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL DRAW MOISTURE FROM
THE GULF OF MEXICO, PRODUCING RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ON
TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP
ALONG THE WESTERN/CENTRAL GULF COAST OVERNIGHT TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO THE
EASTERN GULF COAST/SOUTHEAST BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL BE
ALONG PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC/SOUTHEAST COAST BY THURSDAY.
MEANWHILE, A FRONT MOVES ONSHORE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
OVERNIGHT TUESDAY AND MOVES TO THE SOUTHWEST BY WEDNESDAY EVENING
BEFORE MOVING TO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON THURSDAY. LATE
AFTERNOON TUESDAY, THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAIN AND
HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. OVERNIGHT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY, THE RAIN
WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY
SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS, ENDING
OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY, THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER
PARTS OF THE GREAT BASIN. RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW MOVES
INTO THE SOUTHWEST BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
ROCKIES ON THURSDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF THE
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY THURSDAY EVENING.
MOREOVER, A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS/NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THEN INTO THE
NORTHEAST COAST ON THURSDAY. ON WEDNESDAY, THE
LAKE-EFFECT/LAKE-ENHANCED SNOW DEVELOPS OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
AND THE LOWER GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. LIKEWISE, UPSLOPE
SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY AS SNOW MOVES INTO NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND.
FURTHERMORE, ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY. RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE REGION ON THURSDAY.
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