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FXUS01 KWBC 050808
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 AM EDT FRI APR 05 2024
VALID 12Z FRI APR 05 2024 - 12Z SUN APR 07 2024
..WET SNOW LINGERS OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND INTO SATURDAY
...WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN SNOW MOVES ACROSS THE INTERIOR WESTERN
U.S...
...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE FOUR CORNERS TODAY, SPREADING
ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS ON SATURDAY, REACHING INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS BY SUNDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATER ON
SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY...
...CRITICAL FIRE RISK FOR CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND...
THE NOR'EASTER THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTING NEW ENGLAND WITH HEAVY SNOW
INLAND AND STRONG WINDS NEAR THE COAST WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN BUT
WILL TAKE ITS TIME EXITING INTO THE ATLANTIC. WIDESPREAD WET SNOW
MIXED WITH RAIN OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY BEFORE BECOMING MORE SCATTERED ON SATURDAY.
4-8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW MAY STILL ACCUMULATE AS THE PARENT LOW
LINGERS NEARBY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS
BY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE HUGE CIRCULATION OF THE SYSTEM FINALLY
MOVES FARTHER AWAY INTO THE ATLANTIC.
MEANWHILE, A RATHER DYNAMIC UPPER TROUGH ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ARE PUSHING INTO THE INTERIOR WESTERN
U.S. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN SNOW ACROSS THE
GREAT BASIN TODAY, FOLLOWED BY THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES ON
SATURDAY. THE POTENT COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH FROM THE LOW
PRESSURE CENTER WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE FOUR CORNERS STATES WITH
HIGH WINDS TODAY INTO TONIGHT AS THE FRONT APPROACHES AND
FORCEFULLY PASSES THROUGH THE REGION.
BY SATURDAY, THIS SYSTEM WILL CONSOLIDATE AND QUICKLY INTENSIFY AS
IT EMERGES OVER THE FRONT RANGE. HIGH WINDS, WARM WEATHER AND LOW
DEW POINTS WILL SUPPORT A CRITICAL FIRE DANGER OVER PARTS OF THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. WINDS
COULD BECOME ESPECIALLY STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY
RIGHT BEHIND THE INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. WIND-DRIVEN
RAIN IS FORECAST TO QUICKLY EXPAND ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY AROUND THE RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING
SYSTEM, WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE
JUST AHEAD OF THE LOW CENTER.
WITH A HUGE OMEGA UPPER-LEVEL BLOCKING PATTERN SETTING UP ACROSS
THE U.S. THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WEST AND EAST WHILE ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL U.S.
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