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SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
334 PM EDT THU MAR 21 2024
VALID 00Z FRI MAR 22 2024 - 00Z SUN MAR 24 2024
...EARLY SPRING HEAVY SNOWS EXPECTED FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES, NORTHERN NY STATE INTO NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND...
...WIDESPREAD WET WEATHER EXPECTED FROM EAST TEXAS, ACROSS THE
SOUTH, MUCH OF FLORIDA AND THE EASTERN SEABOARD...
...THE BEGINNING OF A WET PATTERN FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, SOUTH
INTO NORTHERN TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE
NATION DURING THIS FIRST WEEK OF SPRING 2024. IN THE WAKE OF
HEAVY SNOWS THAT HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS, ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO SPREAD EASTWARD THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY FROM THE NORTHERN
PLAINS, ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL THEN PUSH EASTWARD INTO
NORTHERN NY STATE AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON SATURDAY. ACROSS
THESE AREAS, SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE. DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY, YET ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY
WEATHER WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE NORTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.
IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL SERIES OF SNOW EVENTS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN TIER, TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE
END OF THE WORK WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.
AT THE SAME TIME THAT SNOWS SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN
TIER OF THE NATION, A WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO
EXPAND FROM THE WESTERN GULF COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON, EASTWARD
ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH AND FLORIDA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY. THIS WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN WILL THEN PUSH NORTHWARD ALONG
MUCH OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SOME OF THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA FRIDAY
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR URBANIZED
FLASH FLOODING, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COASTAL AREAS OF
THE STATE. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE
MID-ATLANTIC COAST, INCLUDING THE URBAN CORRIDOR FROM DC TO BOSTON
WHERE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
AN ACTIVE WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL ALSO TO BEGIN ALONG LARGE
PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, SOUTH INTO
NORTHERN TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO PUSH
INLAND ON FRIDAY ACROSS THESE AREAS, WITH ROUNDS OF ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND, WITH HEAVY SNOWS IN THE 1
TO 3 FOOT RANGE EXPECTED THROUGH THE SIERRA. WHILE THERE MAY BE A
BREAK TO THE WET WEST COAST PATTERN EARLY NEXT WEEK, THE OVERALL
WET WINTER PATTERN THAT HAS AFFECTED THE WEST COAST WILL CONTINUE
LATER NEXT WEEK AS ADDITIONAL STORM SYSTEMS PUSH INLAND.
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