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FXUS01 KWBC 032001
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
301 PM EST TUE DEC 03 2024
VALID 00Z WED DEC 04 2024 - 00Z FRI DEC 06 2024
...CLIPPER SYSTEM TO BRING MORE SNOW SQUALLS, HIGH WINDS, AND
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST TOMORROW
AND WEDNESDAY...
...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE OVER
SOUTH TEXAS TODAY AND TOMORROW ...
AS THE PROLIFIC LAKE-EFFECT SNOWFALL FROM THIS WEEKEND TAPERS OFF
TONIGHT, ANOTHER ROUND OF IMPACTFUL WINTER WEATHER IS ON DECK FOR
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST, NORTHEAST, AND NEW ENGLAND
AS A POTENT CLIPPER SYSTEM USHERS IN A COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS.
BEGINNING TOMORROW, THE PASSAGE OF THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL LEAD
TO AN OUTBREAK OF SNOW SQUALLS CONTAINING INTENSE BURSTS OF SNOW
AND GUSTY WINDS UPWARDS OF 50 MPH IN THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT
LAKES, WHICH SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
AND NORTHEAST BY THURSDAY. OVER THE LAKE-EFFECT SNOW BELTS, 1-2
FEET OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED, WITH HEAVY SNOW ALSO POSSIBLE
ACROSS NEW ENGLAND AS THE CLIPPER DEEPENS TO THE NORTH. USERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST KEY MESSAGES FOR THIS
EVENT AS IT UNFOLDS OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS. IN THE WAKE OF THE
CLIPPER AND ARCTIC FRONT, COLD TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE
TEENS TO UPPER 20'S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY.
MEANWHILE, A WEAK FRONTAL LOW INTERACTING WITH GULF RETURN FLOW
ALONG THE COASTLINE WILL SUPPORT MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER SOUTH TEXAS TODAY AND TOMORROW. WHILE THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL AMOUNTS (ON THE ORDER OF 1-3") ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN
OFFSHORE, ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TODAY ALONG A CORPUS
CHRISTI TO BROWNSVILLE LINE SHOULD ANY OF THE DEEPER CONVECTION
MAKE IT INLAND.
ASHERMAN
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