782  
FXUS01 KWBC 281842  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
141 PM EST THU NOV 28 2024  
 
VALID 00Z FRI NOV 29 2024 - 00Z SUN DEC 01 2024  
   
..HEAVY SNOWFALL IN NEW ENGLAND EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY MORNING  
 
...LAKE EFFECT SNOWS CONTINUE AND WILL EXPAND AND INTENSIFY  
GREATLY WITH TIME; WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT...  
 
...THE COLDEST AIR MASS SINCE MID TO LATE FEBRUARY BECOMES  
ENTRENCHED FOR MOST SPOTS EAST OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE WEEKEND...  
 
A DYNAMIC MID-LATITUDE CYCLONE TRACKS NEAR THE NEW ENGLAND COAST  
THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE MOVING INTO ATLANTIC CANADA ON FRIDAY. A  
SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS  
PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST -- WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN  
EFFECT FROM EASTERN NEW YORK THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW  
ENGLAND WHERE OVER ONE FOOT OF FRESH SNOW IS POSSIBLE.  
 
DISTURBANCES ALOFT WILL SEND REINFORCEMENTS TO THE COLD AIR MASS  
EAST OF THE ROCKIES WITH A STRONG AND COLD SURFACE HIGH NOSING  
INTO THE PLAINS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE COLDEST AIR MASS SINCE  
MID TO LATE FEBRUARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MIDWEST; WIND  
CHILLS SHOULD FALL BELOW ZERO, PERHAPS AS LOW AS -40F IN NORTH  
DAKOTA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. DAILY RECORD COLD LOW AND HIGH  
TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND  
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FROM FRIDAY INTO MONDAY, WHERE THE COLD IS  
MOST ANOMALOUS FOR LATE NOVEMBER AND EARLY DECEMBER. IN AND NEAR  
NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, A SWATH OF LIGHT TO  
MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ON SATURDAY, WHICH WOULD LEAD TO  
MINOR IMPACTS FOR CITIES SUCH AS ST. LOUIS AND EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.  
 
LAKE EFFECT SNOWS, ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MICHIGAN, SHOULD  
EXPAND AND INTENSIFY DOWNWIND OF ALL GREAT LAKES AS THE INCREASING  
COLD WITHIN CYCLONIC LOW LEVEL FLOW INTERACTS WITH RECORD WARM  
GREAT LAKES TEMPERATURES FOR LATE NOVEMBER. THUNDERSNOW IS  
POSSIBLE IN SOME SPOTS. SNOWFALL TOTALS UP TO 3 INCHES IN AN HOUR  
ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SIGNIFICANT  
THROUGH SATURDAY, UP TO 5 FEET OF SNOW IS FORECAST DOWNWIND OF  
LAKE ONTARIO IN NORTHERN NEW YORK WHICH COULD RECEIVE A MOISTURE  
FETCH OFF THREE OF THE GREAT LAKES. WINTER STORM AND LAKE EFFECT  
SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS DOWNWIND OF THE GREAT LAKES.  
 
FLORIDA WILL REMAIN MILD TO WARM, AND WINDS REMAIN MOSTLY OFF  
WARM, BUT SLOWLY COOLING, WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE  
WESTERNMOST ATLANTIC.  
 
ROTH/KEDEBE  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
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