011
FXUS01 KWBC 240755
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
254 AM EST SAT FEB 24 2024
VALID 12Z SAT FEB 24 2024 - 12Z MON FEB 26 2024
...HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF CASCADES AND THE NORTHERN
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION ON SUNDAY...
...LIGHT SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ON SATURDAY
AND OVER THE NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY...
...LIGHT SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER GREAT
LAKES...
A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL
MOVE SOUTHWARD TO THE SOUTHEAST TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
BEFORE DISSIPATING BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE BOUNDARY WILL HAVE A
WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL APPALACHIANS, MOVING EASTWARD
OFF THE EAST COAST BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL CREATE
LIGHT SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS OVERNIGHT SATURDAY, ENDING BY SUNDAY MORNING. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC, ENDING BY SUNDAY MORNING.
MEANWHILE, ON SATURDAY, WEAK ONSHORE FLOW AND UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY
WILL PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES AND
NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. OVERNIGHT SATURDAY, A FRONT WILL
MOVE SOUTHWARD OUT OF CENTRAL CANADA TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY
SUNDAY MORNING AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY MONDAY. ON SUNDAY, THE
SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS
AND UPPER GREAT LAKES.
MOREOVER, MORE ROBUST ONSHORE FLOW WILL AID IN PRODUCING RAIN AND
HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY. HEAVY
SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE CASCADES AND THE NORTHERN
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION INTO MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION, OVERNIGHT
SUNDAY, A FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, LOWERING
THE SNOW LEVELS OVER THE REGION.
ELSEWHERE, MOISTURE FROM THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL START TO
STREAM NORTHWARD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, MIDDLE/LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND OHIO VALLEY STARTING OVERNIGHT SATURDAY.
THE MOISTURE WILL AID IN CREATING SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
FURTHERMORE, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY WILL ASSIST IN CREATING LIGHT SNOW
OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING.
ZIEGENFELDER
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page