494  
FXUS01 KWBC 040753  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
252 AM EST WED DEC 04 2024  
 
VALID 12Z WED DEC 04 2024 - 12Z FRI DEC 06 2024  
 
...HEAVY SNOW FOR THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AND THE NORTHERN  
LOWER PENINSULA ON WEDNESDAY...  
 
...HEAVY LAKE-ENHANCED SNOW DOWNWIND FROM LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO  
ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY; HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW  
ENGLAND; LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL  
APPALACHIANS ON WEDNESDAY...  
 
...TEMPERATURES WILL BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE OVER PARTS  
OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND THE SOUTHEAST...  
 
ON WEDNESDAY, HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL MOVE  
SOUTHEASTWARD OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH  
PRESSURE WILL CREATE COLD TEMPERATURES OVER PARTS OF THE  
MID-ATLANTIC AND THE SOUTHEAST, BRINGING TEMPERATURES OF 10 TO 15  
DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.  
 
MEANWHILE, LOW PRESSURE JUST NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL MOVE  
EASTWARD TO SOUTHEAST CANADA BY FRIDAY. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE  
HEAVY SNOW OVER THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AND THE NORTHERN  
LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. MOREOVER,  
HEAVY LAKE-ENHANCED SNOW WILL DEVELOP DOWNWIND OF LAKES ERIE AND  
ONTARIO THROUGH FRIDAY. ADDITIONALLY, HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER  
NEW ENGLAND THROUGH FRIDAY TOO.  
 
FURTHERMORE, LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN  
PLAINS/UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE OHIO VALLEY FROM WEDNESDAY  
THROUGH FRIDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF  
THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS THROUGH FRIDAY. RAIN WILL ALSO DEVELOP  
OVER THE COASTAL PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON  
AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW.  
 
MOREOVER, WEAK RETURN FLOW OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CREATE  
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE WEST/CENTRAL  
GULF COAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOME OF THE RAIN WILL  
BE MODERATE TO HEAVY OVER PARTS OF THE WESTERN GULF COAST.  
THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A MARGINAL RISK (LEVEL 1/4) OF  
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE WESTERN GULF COAST THROUGH  
THURSDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE LOCALIZED  
AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, AFFECTING AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE RAPID  
RUNOFF WITH HEAVY RAIN.  
 
RAIN WILL ALSO EXPAND ALONG THE EASTERN GULF COAST INTO THE  
SOUTHEAST ON THURSDAY AND INTO PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS  
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.  
 
ELSEWHERE, UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING WILL CREATE STAGNANT AIR CONDITIONS  
OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, LEADING TO AREAS OF DENSE FOG  
AND POOR AIR QUALITY. HOWEVER, AN APPROACHING FRONT OVER THE  
EASTERN PACIFIC WILL USHER MOISTURE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,  
CREATING LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST LATE  
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP  
 
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