671  
FXUS01 KWBC 300801  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
300 AM EST MON DEC 30 2024  
 
VALID 12Z MON DEC 30 2024 - 12Z WED JAN 01 2025  
 
...SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND  
NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY...  
 
...MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND  
EASTERN U.S TODAY; COOLING TREND SPREADS FROM WEST TO EAST THIS  
WEEK....  
 
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN  
HIGH PLAINS TODAY...  
 
A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EJECTING OUT OF THE ROCKIES WILL  
LIKELY PRODUCE A SWATH OF SNOW FROM NORTHERN IDAHO DOWN THROUGH  
WESTERN IOWA TODAY. MODERATE IMPACTS MAINLY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW  
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WYOMING, THE COLORADO ROCKIES, SOUTH  
DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES  
COULD ACCUMULATE BETWEEN 6-12 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS  
POSSIBLE. SNOW AND WIND SHOULD SUBSIDE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST  
TONIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.  
 
DOWNSTREAM, ANOTHER, DEEPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD  
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE NORTHEAST TODAY WITH  
SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE DOWNWIND OF THE LOWER GREAT  
LAKES. THE ARRIVAL OF THE PLAINS SYSTEM WILL PROMOTE EVEN MORE  
SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE BROADER GREAT LAKES REGION ON TUESDAY.  
 
MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS  
THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. TODAY BENEATH AN UPPER RIDGE.  
 
KEBEDE  
 
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