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FXUS01 KWBC 032001
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM EST WED JAN 03 2024
VALID 00Z THU JAN 04 2024 - 00Z SAT JAN 06 2024
..LIGHT SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATION OVER THE WEST
..SNOW FOR CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY
...LAKE-ENHANCED AND LAKE-EFFECT SNOW DOWNWIND FROM THE GREAT
LAKES AND UPSLOPE SNOW FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER THE GREAT
BASIN/SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS
BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED UPPER-LEVEL
TROUGH WILL PRODUCE RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW FROM THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE GREAT
BASIN/SOUTHWEST. THE RAIN AND SNOW WILL END OVER CALIFORNIA BY
THURSDAY MORNING. ON THURSDAY, SNOW WILL EXTEND FROM THE NORTHERN
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION TO THE GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES. IN
CONTRAST, SNOW AND LOWER-ELEVATION RAIN WILL EXTEND OVER THE
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES.
ALSO, ON THURSDAY, A FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW OVER THE NORTHWEST. ON
FRIDAY, THE ASSOCIATED UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY WILL CREATE LIGHT SNOW
OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION AND GREAT BASIN.
ANOTHER FRONT WILL BE POISED TO MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE NORTHWEST
OVERNIGHT FRIDAY. THEREFORE, THE RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW
WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING.
MEANWHILE, THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL INDUCE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
OVER THE WESTERN GULF COAST OVERNIGHT THURSDAY, MOVING TO THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST BY FRIDAY EVENING. ON THURSDAY EVENING, LIGHT
SNOW CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES.
OVERNIGHT THURSDAY, RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, WHILE SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF
THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. ON FRIDAY, THE LIGHT SNOW WILL
EXPAND INTO PARTS OF THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WHILE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST.
MOREOVER, A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES INTO THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST COAST BY
THURSDAY EVENING. THE LAKE-EFFECT/LAKE-ENHANCED SNOW ASSOCIATED
WITH THE FRONT DEVELOPS OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES, WITH UPSLOPE SNOW DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THAT WILL END BY
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
FURTHERMORE, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN
GULF COAST MOVES NORTHEASTWARD OUT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC BY
THURSDAY MORNING. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF
THE EASTERN GULF COAST/SOUTHEAST, EXPANDING INTO THE SOUTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY AND MOVING OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC
COAST BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
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