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FXUS01 KWBC 031953
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
353 PM EDT WED APR 03 2024
VALID 00Z THU APR 04 2024 - 00Z SAT APR 06 2024
...WINTER STORM IMPACTS BEGIN OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST
AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT...
..EXCESSIVE RAINFALL POSSIBLE OVER COASTAL NORTHEAST TONIGHT
...HEAVY SNOW OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA ON THURSDAY; HIGH WINDS FROM
THE GREAT BASIN TO FOUR CORNERS REGION ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...
A POWERFUL MID-LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO POWER A DYNAMIC LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE MIDWEST INTO EAST COAST OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS
PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC/NORTHEAST COASTS TONIGHT. SOME INTENSE
STORMS MAY DEVELOP AROUND A TRIPLE POINT LOW PROPAGATING FROM THE
NEW JERSEY COAST UP THROUGH THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST
TONIGHT. THEREFORE, A CORRESPONDING SLIGHT RISK (AT LEAST 15%) OF
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING IS IN EFFECT FROM
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY THROUGH NEW YORK CITY AND INTO SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE INTERIOR
NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY BEFORE WEAKENING INTO SNOW SHOWERS ON FRIDAY BENEATH A
MEANDERING MID-LEVEL LOW AROUND DOWNEAST MAINE. WIDESPREAD
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER A FOOT ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS
OF NORTHERN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND CENTRAL/NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND,
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 2 FEET POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF
SOUTHERN MAINE AND EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BY FRIDAY EVENING.
MEANWHILE, SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
WITH ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6-12 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT TWO
DAYS.
ANOTHER DEEP MID-LEVEL TROUGH WILL SUPPORT UNSETTLED WEATHER
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HEAVY SNOW
WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TONIGHT AND THEN
THE SIERRA NEVADA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THAT EVENING.
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1-2 FEET OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE OVER THOSE AREAS
BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO GENERATE STRONG WINDS OVER
THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL EXPAND INTO
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION ON FRIDAY.
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