589  
FXUS01 KWBC 100757  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
256 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2025  
 
VALID 12Z FRI JAN 10 2025 - 12Z SUN JAN 12 2025  
 
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN  
CALIFORNIA THROUGH AT LEAST THIS MORNING...  
 
...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW  
AND DISRUPTIVE ICE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH THROUGH SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
...PACIFIC STORM TO BRING LOWER ELEVATION RAIN/MOUNTAIN SNOW TO  
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...GREAT BASIN AND ROCKIES THROUGH SATURDAY...  
 
MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR COMBINED WITH A MOISTURE-LADEN AREA OF LOW  
PRESSURE ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR A BROAD  
AREA OF WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY  
TO THE SOUTHEAST TODAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AREAS OF LIGHT  
TO MODERATE SNOW WILL TRANSLATE EAST FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA,  
SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS THIS MORNING INTO AND ACROSS THE  
TENNESSEE VALLEY, EVENTUALLY REACHING THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION  
TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM  
NEAR MEMPHIS INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. SLEET AND FREEZING  
RAIN WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS JUST SOUTH OF THE SNOWFALL, WITH ICE  
ACCUMULATIONS LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF 0.25 INCHES FROM FAR  
NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH  
CAROLINA. LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS (1 TO 3 INCHES) ARE  
ANTICIPATED FARTHER NORTH FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO NORTHERN  
PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES  
FROM THE SOUTH-CENTRAL TO SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WILL MODERATE INTO THE  
WEEKEND BUT REMAIN ROUGHLY 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE ON  
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.  
 
ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S., STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN  
WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN DURING THE DAY TODAY, BUT CRITICAL FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER COASTAL LOCATIONS OF  
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING WITH  
LOCALIZED GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. WHILE WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY TO  
WEAKEN INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, REMNANT GUSTY WINDS AND  
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INTO  
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
 
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S., A QUICK MOVING COLD FRONT WILL  
SWEEP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND GREAT BASIN TODAY, BRINGING COASTAL  
RAIN TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE CASCADES,  
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES. LOW  
PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WESTERN U.S. STORM SYSTEM WILL REACH  
THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST ON SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT,  
RESULTING IN LIGHT (1 TO 3 INCH) ACCUMULATIONS FOR EASTERN  
MONTANA, NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  
 
OTTO  
 
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