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FXUS01 KWBC 021848
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
247 PM EDT TUE APR 02 2024
VALID 00Z WED APR 03 2024 - 00Z FRI APR 05 2024
...MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM TO BRING NUMEROUS WEATHER HAZARDS FROM
THE GREAT LAKES, ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS, THE SOUTH,
SOUTHEAST AND THE NORTHEAST...
...HEAVY SNOWS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF WISCONSIN, THE U.P. OF
MICHIGAN, NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE INTO CENTRAL TO NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND...
...STRONG COLD FRONT TO BRING MUCH COOLER WEATHER WEDNESDAY FROM
THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTH...
...A STRONG FRONT TO MOVE OFF THE PACIFIC, BRINGING MUCH COOLER
TEMPS TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY, SOUTHWARD INTO ALL OF
CALIFORNIA BY THURSDAY...
AN ACTIVE EARLY SPRING WEATHER PATTERN ON BOTH COASTS OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS RESULTING IN NUMEROUS WEATHER HAZARDS AND DROPPING
TEMPERATURES. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE MID-WEST TUESDAY
AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY TODAY INTO TUESDAY
EVENING AS IT PUSHES NORTH INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
MID-ATLANTIC WEDNESDAY AND PUSHING NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN NEW
ENGLAND ON THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO AREAS OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS WEATHER HAZARDS OVER THE NEXT 2
DAYS. HEAVY SNOWS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP TO THE NORTH OF THE
MID-WEST LOW THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
UPPER GREAT LAKES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 6-12"+ EXPECTED
ACROSS CENTRAL TO EASTERN WISCONSIN INTO THE CENTRAL TO EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE U.P. OF MICHIGAN. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT ACROSS THESE AREAS, ALONG WITH BLIZZARD WARNINGS ACROSS THE
CENTRAL U.P. OF MICHIGAN.
HEAVY SPRING SNOWS ALSO LIKELY TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE AND SPREAD INTO CENTRAL TO NORTHERN
NEW ENGLAND AS THE SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS ALONG THE
MID-ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND COASTS. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6-18"
EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE, MUCH OF VERMONT, NEW
HAMPSHIRE, MUCH OF MAINE AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS.
TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREAS OF HEAVY SNOWS, HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT FORECAST TO SWEEP
EASTWARD TONIGHT THROUGH THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS AND ACROSS
MUCH OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO FLORIDA
DURING WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN TOTALS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE
UPPER OHIO VALLEY INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE
MID-ATLANTIC. WIDESPREAD FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
ACROSS THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING
THREAT, SEVERE WEATHER IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS AND MUCH OF THE SOUTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND TUESDAY NIGHT, AND INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. ON WEDNESDAY.
MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THIS STRONG
FRONT AS IT PUSHES EASTWARD. MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO STRETCH FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, EASTWARD
INTO THE OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS, SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY,
BEING REPLACED BY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT.
A STRONG COLD FRONT ALSO EXPECTED TO PUSH INLAND ALONG THE WEST
COAST. THIS WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TUESDAY
EVENING/NIGHT AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD THROUGH ALL OF CALIFORNIA
AND THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES ALONG ALL OF THE WEST COAST TUESDAY WILL BE REPLACED
BY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES SPREADING SOUTHWARD WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION, PRECIPITATION
WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST, INLAND
INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND GREAT BASIN OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED FRONT. OVERALL PRECIP TOTALS
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HEAVY AS PAST EVENTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE WEST, BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SIERRA.
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