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FXUS01 KWBC 060731
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
231 AM EST SAT JAN 06 2024
VALID 12Z SAT JAN 06 2024 - 12Z MON JAN 08 2024
...EAST COAST WINTER STORM TO BRING FREEZING RAIN TO THE SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY...
...AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE GULF COAST AND FLORIDA TODAY...
...PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM TO BRING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW, STRONG WINDS
AND AND COASTAL RAIN TO THE WEST THIS WEEKEND...
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL SUPPORT A
WINTER STORM ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND.
EXPECT HEAVY SNOW IN INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC THROUGH NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY. THERE
IS A HIGH CHANCE (50-90%) OF EXCEEDING 8" OF SNOW FROM CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA EAST THROUGH MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND. LOCAL
SNOWFALL OVER 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE HEAVIEST
BANDS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY, WET SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS FROM
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
NEW ENGLAND WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SOME POWER
OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS MAY LEAD TO MINOR
FLOODING ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTS
DURING THE SUNDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE CYCLE. THE PROBABILITY FOR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 0.25" ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ARE 30-50%. THIS ICING ALONG WITH SOME AREAS
OF SLEET, MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. WINTER
STORM WATCHES WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST.
MEANWHILE, RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEAST WITHIN THE WARM
SECTOR OF THE WINTER STORM TODAY.
THE NEXT WINTER STORM SHIFTS DOWN THE WEST COAST TODAY CROSSING
THE DESERT SOUTHWEST SUNDAY BEFORE RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING OVER THE
SOUTHERN ROCKIES/PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. EXPECT HEAVY SNOW IN
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE WEST COAST AND FOUR CORNERS STATES
THIS WEEKEND BEFORE A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPS OVER PARTS OF
THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS ON MONDAY. GUSTY WINDS ON THE WARM
SIDE OF THE STORM MAY EXCEED 50 MPH AND CAUSE DAMAGE OVER THE
APPALACHIANS TO THE EAST COAST. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE GULF COAST AND SOUTHEAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (AT LEAST 15%) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST ON MONDAY. YET ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON MONDAY, BRINGING WITH IT COASTAL SHOWERS AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW.
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