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FXUS01 KWBC 060757
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
255 AM EST TUE JAN 06 2026
VALID 12Z TUE JAN 06 2026 - 12Z THU JAN 08 2026
...PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL BRING VERY HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR WEST THROUGH
MID-WEEK...
...ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD FROM THE
GREAT LAKES TO NEW ENGLAND TUESDAY...
...WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN U.S. THIS WEEK...
A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS MORNING IS
FORECAST TO BRING VERY HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND OLYMPICS
THROUGH MID-WEEK, WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF MULTIPLE FEET LIKELY.
MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INLAND WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED FOR THE
REGIONAL MOUNTAIN RANGES OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND GREAT BASIN
AS WELL. COASTAL AND LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
WILL SEE MODERATE RAINFALL, WITH A LIGHTER RAIN AND POSSIBLE
WINTRY MIX INTO THE GREAT BASIN. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TODAY WITH A GRADUAL TREND DOWNWARD THROUGH THE DAY
WEDNESDAY AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY.
TO THE EAST, ENERGETIC UPPER-LEVEL FLOW WILL BRING ANOTHER WINTRY
MIX FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO NEW ENGLAND TODAY FOLLOWING A SIMILAR
SCENARIO THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. A SWATH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
CONTINUE EAST FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES INTO PORTIONS OF UPSTATE
NEW YORK AND CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND/COASTAL MAINE, WITH POTENTIALLY
IMPACTFUL ACCRETIONS OF UP TO 0.1-0.2" POSSIBLE. SNOW SHOWERS ARE
ALSO EXPECTED JUST TO THE NORTH ACROSS PORTIONS OF UPSTATE NEW
YORK INTO INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND. SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST, WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND. SOME LIGHT
SNOWFALL WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
ELSEWHERE, AN UPPER-TROUGH DROPPING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST
TODAY WILL EVENTUALLY SWING EASTWARD ON WEDNESDAY, BRINGING RAIN
SHOWERS TO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. THE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD
INTO THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WITH STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW
AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM BRINGING GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD AND LEADING
TO AN EXPANDING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE OZARKS BY THURSDAY MORNING.
WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE CENTRAL/SOUTHEASTERN U.S. AS AN UPPER-RIDGE AMPLIFIES AHEAD OF
THE SYSTEMS OVER THE WEST. A WARM-UP TO ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITIONS
WILL ALSO BEGIN FOR THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE
REMAINED CHILLY AND BELOW AVERAGE RECENTLY. THE GREATEST ANOMALIES
WILL FOCUS ON THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS EAST TO THE MIDDLE
MISSOURI AND MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS WHERE TEMPERATURES
WILL BE RUNNING AS MUCH AS 25-40 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE AND A
HANDFUL OF DAILY RECORD-TYING/BREAKING HIGHS ARE POSSIBLE.
FORECAST HIGHS GENERALLY RANGE IN THE 30S AND 40S FROM THE
NORTHERN PLAINS EAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND, THE
40S AND 50S FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC, THE 50S AND 60S FOR THE CENTRAL
PLAINS EAST INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS, AND THE
60S AND 70S FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/TEXAS EAST TO THE SOUTHEAST.
CONDITIONS ALSO REMAIN A BIT ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS THE INTERIOR
WEST, WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S. THE WEST COAST WILL CONTINUE
TO SEE BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S
FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND 50S AND 60S IN CALIFORNIA.
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