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FXUS01 KWBC 052009
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
309 PM EST FRI JAN 05 2024
VALID 00Z SAT JAN 06 2024 - 00Z MON JAN 08 2024
...EAST COAST WINTER STORM TO BRING FREEZING RAIN TO THE SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTHEAST BEGINNING
TONIGHT...
...AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE GULF COAST AND FLORIDA THROUGH SATURDAY...
...PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM TO BRING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW, STRONG WINDS
AND AND COASTAL RAIN TO THE WEST THIS WEEKEND...
AS A STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE GULF COAST TRACKS EASTWARD FRIDAY
NIGHT, HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CARRY A LOCALIZED THREAT FOR TORNADOES, DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED ALONG THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF COAST WITH MOST FOLKS LIKELY PICKING UP
1-2 INCHES, BUT LOCALIZED TOTALS OVER 3 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN VIRGINIA INTO
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS FRIDAY NIGHT.
ICE ACCRETION OF 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING WHICH WILL HAVE IMPACTS TO TRAVEL AND MAY LEAD TO
POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE.
FARTHER NORTH, AS THE STORM'S ASSOCIATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
TRACKS NORTHWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST, HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR
MID-ATLANTIC, SPREADING INTO THE NORTHEAST LATE SATURDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS FORECAST TO REMAIN OVER
WATER AS IT STRENGTHENS, JUST SOUTH OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST,
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS MAY LEAD TO MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE AS
THE LOW APPROACHES THE REGION, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUNDAY
MORNING HIGH TIDE CYCLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF I-95 FROM PHILADELPHIA TO
PROVIDENCE BUT LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR
PORTIONS OF THE CATSKILLS INTO THE BERKSHIRES AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING THE NORTHERN/WESTERN BOSTON
SUBURBS. THE WINTER STORM WILL DEPART TOWARD THE EAST DURING THE
DAY ON SUNDAY, BRINGING AN END TO THE SNOW FOR A MAJORITY OF NEW
ENGLAND BY LATE EVENING BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN.
ACROSS THE WEST, A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST EARLY ON SATURDAY, WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG
THE COAST AND HEAVY SNOW INTO THE CASCADES. AS THE UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS INTO THE
INTERIOR WEST, AREAS OF COASTAL RAIN AND HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL
SHIFT SOUTHWARD ACROSS CALIFORNIA ON SATURDAY WITH WINDS IN THE
MOUNTAINS GUSTING INTO THE 50-60 MPH RANGE, LOCALLY HIGHER.
WIDESPREAD SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE WESTERN
U.S. AS THE STORM SYSTEM ADVANCES FURTHER INLAND THIS WEEKEND WITH
HEAVY SNOW INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF UTAH, ARIZONA, COLORADO AND
NEW MEXICO. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE OVER THE
CENTRAL U.S. EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A POWERFUL STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS POSSIBLE, STRETCHING EVENTUALLY TO THE EAST COAST BY
MID-WEEK.
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