820
FXUS01 KWBC 071920
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
219 PM EST WED JAN 07 2026
VALID 00Z THU JAN 08 2026 - 00Z SAT JAN 10 2026
...IMPACTFUL SNOW FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO NEW MEXICO
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...
...FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS FRIDAY...
...MOUNTAIN SNOW FOR THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN ROCKIES TONIGHT
WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE INTERIOR WEST THURSDAY...
...RECORD WARMTH FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST TO OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY...
A STORM SYSTEM NEARING BAJA CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW THROUGH ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AS
IT MOVES TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL
BRING RAIN AND A CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TOMORROW AS THE SYSTEM HEADS FOR THE GREAT LAKES TOMORROW
NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE LOWER
48, AND ONLY A NARROW SWATH OF SNOW AND SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
ARE LIKELY ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER
THE UPPER MIDWEST. AS THIS SYSTEM PROGRESSES EASTWARD, PLENTIFUL
MOISTURE WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF TO PROMOTE HEAVIER
RAIN ON FRIDAY OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY. SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE (SLIGHT
RISK FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER) AS WELL WHICH MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING WHERE RAINFALL PERSISTS. WPC HAS DENOTED THIS AREA
WITHIN A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. WITH THE STRONG
SOUTHERLY FLOW, TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB WELL INTO THE 70S AND 80S
WHICH MAY SET NEW DAILY RECORDS ON THURSDAY AND AGAIN FRIDAY. EVEN
AREAS INTO THE MIDWEST MAY SEE RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES FRIDAY
INTO THE 50S/60S.
BACK TO THE WEST, THE SYSTEM BRINGING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE TO SINK
SOUTHWARD AND EASTWARD TONIGHT AND THURSDAY, WITH SNOW
OVERSPREADING THE GREAT BASIN ALONG A COLD FRONT. BURSTS OF SNOW
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. BY TOMORROW EVENING,
MORE SNOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AS AN UPSLOPE
SNOW EVENT STARTS TO FORM FOR AREAS EAST OF THE ROCKIES. WITH A
COLD FRONT PLUNGING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE PLAINS, EASTERLY FLOW
WILL HELP BRING IN MOISTURE ATOP COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES LEADING
TO SNOW FOR THE I-25 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW MAY BE OVER
SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WHICH MAY BE
ACCOMPANIED BY BREEZY CONDITIONS AND BLOWING SNOW. THIS COULD
CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THE REGION. LIGHTER SNOW IS
EXPECTED EASTWARD TO THE HIGH PLAINS AND INTO WESTERN
OKLAHOMA/KANSAS.
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