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FXUS01 KWBC 070753
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
252 AM EST SUN JAN 07 2024
VALID 12Z SUN JAN 07 2024 - 12Z TUE JAN 09 2024
...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW FOR
NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TODAY...
...RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING STORM WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD,
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL U.S. BEGINNING
MONDAY...
...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL DUMP SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW OVER THE
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADES
THERE ARE THREE STORM SYSTEMS THAT ARE AND/OR WILL BE IMPACTING
THE CONUS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE FIRST OF THE THREE IS THE
MAJOR WINTER STORM BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE
NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF
4-8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS
THROUGH TONIGHT WHEN THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO PULL AWAY INTO THE
ATLANTIC. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE
IN EFFECT. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE ON MONDAY.
THE SECOND STORM SYSTEM IS ONE THAT WILL MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE
ROCKIES TODAY. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES. SNOW IS ALSO
LIKELY OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES BUT TO A LESSER EXTENT. THIS
SYSTEM WILL REORGANIZE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON MONDAY AND
DEVELOP INTO A DEEP AND DYNAMIC MID-LATITUDE CYCLONE. THIS STORM
WILL GENERATE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS OVER THE PLAINS AND
MIDWEST ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS ARE MOST
LIKELY IN PARTS OF THE MIDWEST, WHERE LOCAL MAXIMA UP TO 12 INCHES
ARE LIKELY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE MOST LIKELY IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS WHERE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL LEAD TO NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MIDWEST AS WELL. WINTER STORM
WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS,
CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
WIDESPREAD AND POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT RIVER AND FLASH FLOODING
ARE LIKELY FROM THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE EASTERN
U.S. EARLY THIS WEEK. POWERFUL ONSHORE WINDS WILL LEAD TO
WIDESPREAD COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE EASTERN GULF COAST AND MUCH
OF THE EAST COAST. SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING IS LIKELY IN SOME
AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE CAROLINAS AND MID-ATLANTIC. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING FOR
PORTIONS OF THE GULF COAST. STORMS WILL SUPPORT 1.5 TO 2.5 INCH/HR
RAIN RATES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, SOUTHERN LOUISIANA,
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHERN ALABAMA INTO THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THOSE AREAS BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE EASTERN GULF COAST SO PREPARE FOR
POWER OUTAGES.
THE THIRD SYSTEM ARRIVES OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT. A
DEEP PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL GENERATE HEAVY COASTAL RAIN, HEAVY
MOUNTAIN SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING TONIGHT
AND CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST MIDWEEK. THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM
WILL BRING SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW TO THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON
CASCADES AND WILL PEAK ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
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