707
FXUS01 KWBC 070744
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
243 AM EST FRI MAR 07 2025
VALID 12Z FRI MAR 07 2025 - 12Z SUN MAR 09 2025
...HEAVY SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE FOUR CORNERS AND SOUTHERN
ROCKIES/HIGH PLAINS...
..CHILLY AIRMASS SPREADS INTO SOUTHERN PLAINS
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS
THIS WEEKEND...
A LOW PRESSURES SYSTEM DEPARTING FROM THE NORTHEAST AND INTO THE
CANADIAN MARITIME WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY
WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MAINE TODAY, WHERE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. SOME
LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY FOR THE GREEN AND WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW
ENGLAND THIS WEEKEND. LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUES TO SPREAD
DOWNWIND OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND ADIRONDACKS DUE TO
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. A TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL ALSO PROMOTE THE POTENTIAL FOR
HIGH WIND IMPACTS TODAY.
A SOUTHERN STREAM WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A SWATH OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WYOMING, NEBRASKA AND
IOWA, WHERE WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. IT WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS
THE MIDWEST, CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ATTENDANT COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH
THE WEST AND GREAT PLAINS WILL USHER IN A COOLER AIRMASS. EASTERN
NEW MEXICO INTO NORTHERN TEXAS AND MUCH OF OKLAHOMA WILL
EXPERIENCE HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 15-30 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE
ON SATURDAY.
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPIN UP OVER CENTRAL TEXAS ON
SATURDAY AND QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE GULF COAST, WHERE IT'LL
SPREAD SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FLASH FLOODING AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONCERNS REMAIN MARGINAL AT THIS TIME DUE, IN
PART, TO THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE SYSTEM. VERY DRY AND GUSTY
CONDITIONS BENEATH AN AMPLIFIED UPPER TROUGH WILL SUPPORT A
CRITICAL RISK OF FIRES ACROSS MUCH OF FAR WEST TEXAS THROUGH AT
LEAST SATURDAY. RED FLAG/HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT.
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