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FXUS01 KWBC 291909
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
308 PM EDT FRI MAR 29 2024
VALID 00Z SAT MAR 30 2024 - 00Z MON APR 01 2024
...HEAVY RAINS, ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TO
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHILE HEAVY SNOWS LIKELY IN THE SIERRA...
...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTHWEST THIS WEEKEND...
...HEAVY SNOWS POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY ACROSS
NORTHERN MAINE...
...WINTRY WEATHER TO SPREAD EASTWARD THIS WEEKEND FROM THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS...
...MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE EASTER WEEKEND FROM THE
CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN PLAINS, EAST ACROSS THE MID TO LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST...
A COLD AND WET WEATHER PATTERN ON TAP FOR THE EASTER WEEKEND
ACROSS MUCH OF CALIFORNIA INTO THE SOUTHWEST. AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE CURRENTLY OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL BE
SINKING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG THE CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. THIS LOW WILL PRODUCE
THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ALONG THE CENTRAL TO
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL REGIONS, ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF COASTAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM NORTH AND EAST
OF SAN DIEGO, NORTHWARD THROUGH THE LA METRO REGION, INCLUDING THE
TRANSVERSE RANGE. WHILE HEAVY RAINS OCCUR ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS
OF CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, HEAVY SNOWS ARE LIKELY THROUGH
MUCH OF THE SIERRA WHERE 1 TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY
SNOWS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY FARTHER INLAND FROM THE MOGOLLON RIM OF
ARIZONA, INTO THE WASATCH OF UTAH, THE ROCKIES OF WYOMING AND
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NEVADA GREAT BASIN AS THIS SYSTEM
PUSHES EASTWARD THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION TO THE WET WEATHER
ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE
MUCH BELOW AVERAGE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE LOS ANGELES TO SAN
DIEGO METRO AREAS. MUCH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ALSO EXPECTED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE GREAT BASIN, SOUTHWEST AND NORTHERN PLAINS THIS
WEEKEND.
WARMER MORE SPRING LIKE TEMPERATURES ARE ON TAP FROM THE SOUTHERN
TO CENTRAL PLAINS, EASTWARD ACROSS THE MIDDLE TO LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY, OHIO VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST. ACROSS THESE REGIONS, HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE.
WINTER WEATHER WILL BE HANGING ON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
MAINE LATE FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY AS A STRONG LOW MOVES SLOWLY
NORTHWARD TO THE EAST OF MAINE ACROSS THE CANADIAN MARITIMES.
EARLY SPRING HEAVY SNOWS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN MAINE WITH
ACCUMULATION IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE FORECAST. A FAST MOVING
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING WEST TO EAST FROM IOWA INTO THE L.P.
OF MICHIGAN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL PRODUCE AN AREA OF
2-4" SNOWS WELL TO ITS NORTH FROM THE ARROWHEAD OF MINNESOTA INTO
THE U.P. OF MICHIGAN.
AN EXPANDING AREA OF WINTRY WEATHER IS ALSO EXPECTED TO PUSH
EASTWARD FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES SATURDAY AND INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS ON SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WITH GENERALLY LIGHT TOTALS
PUSHING EAST INTO THE HIGH PLAINS.
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