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FXUS01 KWBC 251936
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
235 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2025
VALID 00Z SUN JAN 26 2025 - 00Z TUE JAN 28 2025
..RAIN AND SNOW FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
..LIGHT SNOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES
...THERE IS A CRITICAL RISK OF FIRE WEATHER OVER PARTS OF ARIZONA
ON SATURDAY...
A DEVELOPING UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER CALIFORNIA WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO
SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA BY MONDAY EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE
RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA THROUGH MONDAY. MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS
OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS, AND HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE
SAN GABRIEL AND SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS.
MOREOVER, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A CRITICAL RISK OF FIRE WEATHER OVER
PARTS OF ARIZONA ON SATURDAY AND AN ELEVATED RISK OF FIRE WEATHER
ON SUNDAY.
MEANWHILE, A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE SOUTHERN
HIGH PLAINS WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO OFF THE NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC
BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW OVER THE
GREAT LAKES INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE-ENHANCED SNOW WILL
ALSO DOWNWIND FROM LAKE ONTARIO.
ON MONDAY, ANOTHER FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD OUT OF CENTRAL CANADA
INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING,
THE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP LIGHT SNOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES.
FURTHERMORE, A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TO THE CAROLINAS BY MONDAY. THE BOUNDARY WILL
TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS, MOVING INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY SUNDAY
MORNING. OVERNIGHT SUNDAY, THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
EXPAND EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST AND BY MONDAY EVENING, THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ALONG THE FRONT.
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