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FXUS01 KWBC 051820
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
220 PM EDT FRI APR 05 2024
VALID 00Z SAT APR 06 2024 - 00Z MON APR 08 2024
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE GREAT PLAINS
AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS WEEKEND...
...WINTER STORM TO DEVELOP OVER THE FRONT RANGE; HIGH WINDS IMPACT
FOUR CORNERS TONIGHT INTO GREAT PLAINS THIS WEEKEND...
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER RISK OVER CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS
...WARM WEEKEND AHEAD FOR CENTRAL U.S.; EAST AND WEST COASTS
REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE...
AN OMEGA PATTERN ALOFT WILL SUPPORT IMPACTFUL WEATHER ACROSS THE
CENTRAL U.S. THIS WEEKEND. TONIGHT, SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FROM THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS UP THROUGH THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST/NEW ENGLAND. ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3-6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE AREAS BEFORE
THE SURFACE LOW DEPARTS FROM DOWNEAST MAINE AND THINGS BEGIN TO
CLEAR UP SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW
AVERAGE ACROSS THE EAST COAST THANKS TO THE CLOUDINESS, BUT SHOULD
BEGIN TO REBOUND BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
OUT WEST, GENERAL TROUGHING WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW AVERAGE
THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TONIGHT BEFORE SPREADING INTO THE
GREAT PLAINS ON SATURDAY. HIGH WIND WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY. A
PRONOUNCED RIDGE WILL SUPPORT WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS WEEKEND.
MEANWHILE, A POTENT CLOSED UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST AND ROCKIES WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DYNAMIC AND
POWERFUL SURFACE MID-LATITUDE CYCLONE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS
BEGINNING TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH
WINDS OVER THE PLAINS AS WELL AS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. A WINTER STORM IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER THE FRONT RANGE AND
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE, PARTICULARLY ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 6-12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WITH 1-2 FEET
MORE LIKELY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS (BIG HORNS, SHIRLEY, LARAMIE
MOUNTAINS).
IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THIS SYSTEM, SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. STORMS WILL BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON
OVER THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN SPREAD
INTO THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SUNDAY. THERE'S A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON
SATURDAY AS A RESULT. THE SEVERE THREAT SHIFTS INTO THE MIDWEST,
TENNESSEE VALLEY AND MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SUNDAY.
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