466  
FXUS01 KWBC 071935  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
234 PM EST SUN JAN 07 2024  
 
VALID 00Z MON JAN 08 2024 - 00Z WED JAN 10 2024  
 
...HEAVY SNOW FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST, CASCADES, AND NORTHERN  
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION...  
 
...MODERATE RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST  
ON MONDAY AND OVER THE PARTS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC ON  
TUESDAY...  
 
...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE CENTRAL GULF COAST ON MONDAY AND A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST COAST AND SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC  
ON TUESDAY...  
 
A DEVELOPING STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE  
NORTHEASTWARD THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE SYSTEM  
WILL PRODUCE SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION  
SOUTHWARD TO THE SOUTHWEST/SOUTHERN ROCKIES SUNDAY EVENING INTO  
MONDAY AND RAIN OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST. ON  
MONDAY, THE STORM WILL CREATE HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS. THERE  
ARE BLIZZARD WARNINGS OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH  
PLAINS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
MOREOVER, AS MOISTURE STREAMS NORTHWARD OVER THE PLAINS AND  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL  
DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED  
A MODERATE RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST  
FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL  
CREATE NUMEROUS AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. FURTHERMORE, MANY STREAMS  
MAY FLOOD, POTENTIALLY AFFECTING LARGER RIVERS.  
 
ADDITIONALLY, THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE OVER  
THE CENTRAL GULF COAST ON MONDAY. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED AN  
ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST  
FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH  
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM  
WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES. MOREOVER, THERE WILL BE AN  
INCREASED THREAT OF EF2 TO EF5 TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM  
WIND GUSTS OF 65 KNOTS OR GREATER OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL GULF  
COAST.  
 
THE STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE  
UPPER GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE  
OVER PARTS OF THE MIDDLE/UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND MODERATE  
SNOW WILL FALL INTO PARTS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. FURTHERMORE,  
SNOW WILL START OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON  
INTO EVENING.  
 
THE THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST,  
MID-ATLANTIC, AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON TUESDAY. THEREFORE, THE  
WPC HAS ISSUED A MODERATE RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF  
THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN  
WILL CREATE NUMEROUS AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. FURTHERMORE, MANY  
STREAMS MAY FLOOD, POTENTIALLY AFFECTING LARGER RIVERS.  
 
FURTHER, THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DECREASES SLIGHTLY ON  
TUESDAY AS THE WARM SECTOR MOVES INTO THE SOUTHEAST. THEREFORE,  
THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST COAST AND SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY.  
THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT  
LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW  
TORNADOES.  
 
MEANWHILE, A FRONT OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC MOVES ONSHORE OVER THE  
PACIFIC NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL  
PRODUCE RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION OVER THE NORTHWEST. HEAVY SNOW  
WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CASCADES AND THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN  
REGION OVERNIGHT MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION  
SNOW WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE TUESDAY  
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL ALSO MOVE INTO PARTS OF THE  
NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON TUESDAY EVENING.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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