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FXUS01 KWBC 181850
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
249 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2025
VALID 00Z WED MAR 19 2025 - 00Z FRI MAR 21 2025
...HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AND HIGH WINDS IN SOUTHERN PLAINS
...ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY; COOL AND
UNSETTLED IN THE WEST...
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PLAINS BEGINNING TONIGHT AND THEN PIVOT THROUGH THE
UPPER MIDWEST AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL
COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. THE GREATEST RISK FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE FROM
NORTHERN KANSAS THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE COMBINATION OF
HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE SNOW-COVERED ROADS
AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS
TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS FROM NORTHERN KANSAS THROUGH THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN. ALTHOUGH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IN THE PLACEMENT OF THE
HEAVIEST SNOW, THE CHANCE FOR GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS
INCREASINGLY LIKELY OVER A GOOD PORTION OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
THROUGH THE MIDWEST AND THE WESTERN U.P. OF MICHIGAN.
DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE WINTER
STORM WILL PROMOTE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE WEATHER IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER ISSUED A CRITICAL RISK OF
FIRES OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTHERN AND FAR WESTERN TEXAS
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND
TROUGHING IN THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO SEND A MILD
SOUTHERLY AIRMASS INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. HIGH TEMPS
FROM THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 80S WILL REPRESENT 20-35 POSITIVE
ANOMALIES ON WEDNESDAY. COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL DROP
TEMPERATURES TO AVERAGE/BELOW AVERAGE CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. A
PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE
NORTHWEST BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY.
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