700  
FXUS01 KWBC 051955  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
254 PM EST TUE MAR 05 2024  
 
VALID 00Z WED MAR 06 2024 - 00Z FRI MAR 08 2024  
   
..HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES
 
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF  
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND/NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC ON WEDNESDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON THURSDAY...  
 
LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST WILL MOVE  
NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE LOW  
WILL DEVELOP LIGHT RAIN OVER NEW ENGLAND THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
ADDITIONALLY, A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TO THE  
SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE EASTWARD OFF THE EAST COAST BY THURSDAY  
EVENING. MOISTURE POOLING ALONG THE FRONT WILL AID IN DEVELOPING  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY NORTHEASTWARD TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES THROUGH LATE TUESDAY  
EVENING. OVERNIGHT TUESDAY, THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE  
OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND SOUTHEAST. THE SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OVERNIGHT  
WEDNESDAY. FURTHER, LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO  
VALLEY INTO PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
ON WEDNESDAY, THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE  
NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC. THE RAIN OVER SOUTHERN NEW  
ENGLAND/NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC WILL BE HEAVY. THEREFORE, THE WPC  
HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER  
PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND/NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC FROM WEDNESDAY  
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE  
MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS,  
AND SMALL STREAMS THE MOST VULNERABLE. ON THURSDAY, RAIN WILL  
CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND, WITH SNOW OVER NORTHERN MAINE.  
 
 
MOREOVER, A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG A FRONT OVER THE  
NORTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE  
AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE ASSOCIATED BOUNDARY WILL LINGER  
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, PRODUCING LIGHT SNOW AT THE  
HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION, WEAK ONSHORE FLOW WILL AID IN  
CREATING LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH LATE  
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  
 
OVERNIGHT TUESDAY, THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD, PRODUCING  
RAIN OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY  
MORNING. MOREOVER, THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD OVER  
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CREATING LIGHT RAIN THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
FURTHERMORE, THE WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES EASTWARD INTO THE  
NORTHERN PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTO CENTRAL CANADA BY  
THURSDAY. ON WEDNESDAY, THE LOW WILL PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE  
SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY.  
 
THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE CENTRAL  
PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY THURSDAY. ON THURSDAY, THE  
BOUNDARY WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS  
OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT  
RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
SOUTHERN PLAINS ON THURSDAY. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND  
GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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