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FXUS01 KWBC 240752
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
351 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2024
VALID 12Z SUN MAR 24 2024 - 12Z TUE MAR 26 2024
...HIGH-IMPACT WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH EARLY WEEK...
...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREATENS SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO SOUTHEAST...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER FOR CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS TODAY;
FRIGID AIRMASS DESCENDS INTO GREAT PLAINS...
A POTENT CLOSED LOW WILL CONTINUE FUELING A POWERFUL AND DYNAMIC
WINTER STORM ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE DAYS. HEAVY SNOW WILL EXPAND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS
AND UPPER MIDWEST TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS
ALSO EXPECTED IN PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE (>70%) OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES OF SNOW
EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
NORTHEASTWARD TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY INTO MONDAY.
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO
EARLY WEEK.
STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY, WET SNOW ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY
DAMAGE TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH TODAY
MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES, BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY,
DIFFICULT TRAVEL AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST IN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY,
WHERE RED FLAGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT. ANOMALOUSLY COLD AIR WILL
FILTER IN BEHIND THE WINTER STORM, SPILLING OUT INTO MONTANA TODAY
THEN THE GREAT PLAINS THROUGH EARLY WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE
20S AND 30S ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WILL
BE 15-30 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE WARM SECTOR OF THE AFOREMENTIONED DYNAMIC WINTER STORM OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY.
THERE'S A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS INTO NORTHERN-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING WHERE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON MONDAY AS THE
WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE PLAINS AND A SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM
ORGANIZES ALONG THE GULF COAST. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO
SYSTEMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL, AS WELL AS
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CENTRAL GULF COAST UP INTO
THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THERE ARE SLIGHT RISKS OF EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL (LEVEL 2/4) AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS (LEVEL 2/5) FOR
THESE AREAS. A FEW TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM PARTS OF EAST TEXAS INTO THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
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