734
FXUS01 KWBC 280405
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1105 PM EST WED NOV 27 2024
VALID 12Z THU NOV 28 2024 - 12Z SAT NOV 30 2024
...THANKSGIVING DAY STORM TO PUSH INTO THE NORTHEAST TODAY
SPREADING RAINFALL AND NEW ENGLAND SNOWFALL IN ITS VICINITY...
...INCREASINGLY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES SPILL OUT INTO THE
GREAT PLAINS AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOWS CONTINUE AND WILL EXPAND AND INTENSIFY WITH
TIME...
A DYNAMIC MID-LATITUDE CYCLONE TRACKS NEAR THE NEW ENGLAND COAST
TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD INTO THE EAST
COAST TODAY. A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO
DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST -- WINTER STORM
WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW
ENGLAND RELATED TO THE HEAVY SNOW THREAT.
ELSEWHERE, LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
MAY YIELD ANYWHERE FROM 4-8 INCHES OVER THE NORTHERN COASTLINE OF
THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AS WELL AS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE
LOWER PENINSULA TODAY. A DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW COLD FRONT LATE TODAY WHICH MOVES EAST AND
SOUTH AHEAD OF A STRONG AND COLD SURFACE HIGH. IN THE WAKE OF
THIS FRONT, AS TEMPERATURES COOL FURTHER, LAKE EFFECT SNOWS SHOULD
EXPAND AND INTENSIFY AS THEY INTERACT WITH RECORD WARM GREAT LAKES
TEMPERATURES FOR LATE NOVEMBER. SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST ON FRIDAY BRINGING 2 DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS OVER A FOOT
WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS DOWNWIND AREAS OF THE
GREAT LAKES BY SATURDAY MORNING. FLORIDA WILL REMAIN MILD TO WARM.
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