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Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 255 PM EST Fri Jan 20 2017 Valid 00Z Sat Jan 21 2017 - 00Z Mon Jan 23 2017 ...Severe thunderstorms possible through the weekend across portions of the Gulf Coast and Southeast... ...Heavy snow possible from the higher elevations of California to the central and southern Rockies... Periods of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected through much of the weekend from portions of the Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi valley to the Southeast, as a series of upper-level disturbances move overhead. One round of showers and thunderstorms is expected by this evening along much of the Gulf Coast, spreading across portions of the Southeast overnight into Saturday morning. On Saturday, a warm front will develop across the region, which will once again focus numerous showers and thunderstorms through the day and into the overnight hours. A low pressure system forecast to take shape across the southern plains on Saturday will move east into the lower Mississippi valley by Sunday morning. This system will bring yet another day of widespread showers and thunderstorms from the lower Mississippi valley and Gulf Coast to the Southeast. Severe thunderstorms are possible through the weekend in association with each of these rounds of showers and storms. Please refer to products issued by the Storm Prediction Center for further details on the severe weather threat. Rain will also spread north into the Mid-Atlantic region by Sunday. The weather pattern will also be an active one across the western U.S. through the weekend, as a series of Pacific storms move onshore. The first of these storm systems is moving into the West Coast states today, and will bring rain and thunderstorms to areas along the coast as well as in the Desert Southwest tonight and Saturday. Heavy snow is possible across portions of the Sierras as well as the Mogollon Rim and the central/southern Rockies tonight into Saturday. The West Coast should see a very brief lull in precipitation during the day on Saturday before another more powerful Pacific storm system begins to approach late in the day. This second system will spread rain and mountain snow along nearly the entire West Coast Saturday night into Sunday. Snow will also spread across much of the interior West on Sunday. Heavy snow will be possible in association with this system once again across the mountains of California, as well as across portions of the Great Basin through Sunday. Heavy rain is also expected at lower elevations of California. Lastly, the northern plains and Upper Midwest will also see the potential for some relatively light precipitation tonight through the weekend as a slow-moving upper-level disturbance remains in the vicinity. A mix of rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain is possible tonight through Saturday from the northern plains to the Upper Great Lakes. Scattered lighter precipitation will linger across the Upper Midwest into Sunday, with a wintry mix still possible. Ryan Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php
EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 836 AM EST FRI JAN 20 2017 VALID 12Z MON JAN 23 2017 - 12Z FRI JAN 27 2017 ...SNOW POTENTIAL FOR THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL/HIGH PLAINS TO THE UPPER MIDWEST NEXT WEEK... SYNOPTIC PATTERN & MODEL PREFERENCES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RETROGRADING RIDGING ACROSS CANADA FORCED BY A TROUGH SHARPENING ALONG 160W LONGITUDE SHOULD REORIENT THE TROUGH, STRETCHING FROM EASTERN CANADA THROUGH THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARDS THE SEA OF CORTEZ/GULF OF CALIFORNIA. THE GUIDANCE REMAINS IN BETTER THAN AVERAGE AGREEMENT. FOR THE PRESSURES, 500 HPA HEIGHTS, AND WIND GRIDS, A COMPROMISE OF THE 00Z CANADIAN/00Z ECMWF/00Z UKMET/06Z GFS WAS UTILIZED EARLY BEFORE USING INCREASING AMOUNTS OF THE 00Z ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEAN AND 00Z NAEFS MEAN MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK. OTHER WEATHER GRIDS WILL BE MORE HEAVILY ENSEMBLE MEAN BASED TO REFLECT FORECAST UNCERTAINTY. THE DAYS 4-7 QPF WILL START OUT AS A COMPROMISE OF THE 06Z GFS/00Z ECMWF, WITH SOME 12Z GFS THROWN IN MIDDAY IF ITS MASS FIELDS LOOK REASONABLE. WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS/THREATS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE LEAD SYSTEM IN THE EAST/NORTHEAST WILL LIKELY TRANSPORT SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE FROM THE TROPICS/SUBTROPICS NORTH THEN NORTHWEST INTO MILD AIR FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR FOR AN ARRAY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TYPES. INGREDIENTS ARE THERE FOR AN INTERIOR EVENT THANKS TO WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT IMPORTED BY THIS SYSTEM AND A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH KEEPING COOLER AIR AT THE SURFACE. AN UPSTREAM KICKER WILL ENSURE THIS ONE WILL NOT LINGER BUT PRECIPITATION RATES COULD BE IMPRESSIVE. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH IN THE WEST AND INTERIOR WEST BY MIDWEEK AS THE UPPER TROUGH SWINGS INTO THE PLAINS. WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN SNOWS FROM THE SIERRAS TO THE WASATCH AND THE MOGOLLON RIM TO THE COLORADO ROCKIES SHOULD WIND DOWN TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW ORGANIZES OVER KANSAS AND LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD. SNOW WILL EXPAND TO THE NORTHEAST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LOW WHERE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. AXIS OF HEAVIEST QPF SHOULD BE NEAR THE NE/SD BORDER INTO SOUTHERN WI. BY LATER IN THE WEEK, PATTERN BECOMES QUIET AS THE FRONT SETTLES INTO FLORIDA AND HIGH PRESSURE IS IN FIRM CONTROL OF THE WEST, SEIZING INCREASING TERRITORY TO THE EAST WITH TIME. DESPITE THE HIGHER 500 HPA HEIGHTS, NORTHERLY UPPER FLOW AND 700MB TEMPS ABOUT 1-2 SIGMAS BELOW AVERAGE WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN. MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE EAST SHOULD TREND BACK TOWARD CLIMATOLOGY AS TROUGHING INCREASES ACROSS THE AREA. LAKE EFFECT SNOW PRODUCTION WILL PICK UP THURSDAY/FRIDAY WITH NORTH/NORTH-NORTHWEST FLOW. ROTH/FRACASSO
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QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST DISCUSSION NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 436 PM EST FRI JAN 20 2017 FINAL DAY 1...DAY 2 AND DAY 3 QPF DISCUSSION VALID JAN 21/0000 UTC THRU JAN 24/0000 UTC REFERENCE AWIPS GRAPHICS UNDER...PRECIP ACCUM - 24HR DAY 1 CENTRAL GULF COAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST LOWERING HEIGHTS IN THE ACTIVE SOUTHERN STREAM FLOW ACROSS THE LOWER 48 WILL RE-STRENGTHEN THE LOW LEVEL SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OF THE GULF OF MEXICO---RAISING PW VALUES TO 1.5 TO 2.0+ STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE THE MEAN FROM THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST. THE STRENGTHENING UPPER DIFFLUENCE AHEAD OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED HEIGHT FALLS WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS HIGH PW AXIS. MODELS ARE SHOWING DIFFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF THIS HEAVY PRECIPITATION. THE DAY 1 QPF LEANED MORE TOWARD THE DETAILS OF THE HI RES ARW WHICH HAS SHOWN BETTER SKILL OVERALL WITH DEPICTION OF ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE EVENTS. TRAINING OF CELLS IN A WEST SOUTHWEST TO EAST NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION POSSIBLE ALONG THE GULF COAST---WITH RUNOFF ISSUES POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF TRAINING. 1 TO 2 INCH AREAL AVERAGE AMOUNTS DEPICTED ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST--WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER TOTALS IN AREAS OF TRAINING. UPPER MS VALLEY INTO THE UPPER LAKES THE COMBINATION OF A LEAD AREA OF HEIGHT FALLS LIFTING NORTHWARD FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY INTO THE UPPER LAKES EARLY DAY 1---FOLLOWED BY A SECOND AREA OF HEIGHT FALLS PUSHING NORTH FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MS VALLEY AND UPPER LAKES WILL SUPPORT A STRIPE OF MODERATE PRECIP TOTALS DAY 1 ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MS VALLEY INTO THE UPPER LAKES. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS ACROSS THIS REGION SHOULD KEEP THE WINTER WEATHER THREAT AT A MINIMUM WITH AT BEST SOME LIGHT SNOW TOTALS OVER NORTHERN MN. SEE THE LATEST QPFHSD FOR ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER INFORMATION. SOUTHWEST---GREAT BASIN INTO THE CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN ROCKIES THE LATEST SURGE OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO AFFECT CALIFORNIA WILL BE PUSHING INLAND INTO THE SOUTHWEST---GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN ROCKIES AS THE ASSOCIATED HEIGHT FALLS MOVE EASTWARD. WITH PW VALUES FORECAST TO BE MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE AHEAD OF THESE HEIGHT FALLS---WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIP TOTALS LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST---GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN ROCKIES. OVERALL---THERE IS GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT WITH THE PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION--WITH MAX AMOUNTS DEPICTED THROUGH THE MOGOLLON---SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST AZ/SOUTHWEST NM AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WASATCH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO ROCKIES. PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO CALIFORNIA IN THE WAKE OF THE STRONG HEIGHT FALLS MOVING INLAND INTO THE SOUTHWEST---CYCLONIC ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SOUTHWARD THROUGH CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIP TOTALS---WITH THE STRONGEST UPSLOPE FLOW AND HEAVIEST PRECIP TOTALS SLATED FOR THE SIERRA---NORTHERN CALIFORNIA/FAR SOUTHWEST OREGON COAST RANGES AND OVER FAR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST RANGE INTO THE NORTHERN BAJA. AT THE MOMENT---TIMING OF THE NEXT STRONG NORTHEAST PACIFIC SYSTEM SHOULD KEEP PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM OFFSHORE UNTIL THE DAY 2 TIME PERIOD. DAYS 2 AND 3... ...WEST COAST... A POWERFUL CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW WILL FOCUS SHORT WAVE ENERGY AND DEEP PACIFIC MOISTURE ACROSS THE WEST COAST DURING DAYS 2 AND 3. THE COMBINATION OF DEEP MOISTURE AND STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW WILL RESULT IN HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CA DURING DAYS 2 AND 3. THERE WAS FAIRLY GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC SETUP...SO THE WPC QPF WAS BASED ON A MULTI MODEL BLEND. ON DAY 2...A STRONG MID LEVEL CLOSED LOW TRACKS TOWARD THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CA COASTS. SHORT WAVE ENERGY EJECTED FROM THE CLOSED MID LEVEL SYSTEM LATCHES ON TO LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER. THE INTEGRATED WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT (IVT) AFFECTS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CA AFTER 22/00Z...WHEN A 55 KNOT LOW LEVEL SOUTHWEST FLOW TRANSPORTS 1.00 TO 1.25 INCH PRECIPITABLE AIR TO THE COAST. THE STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW IS FOCUSED ON THE TERRAIN...WITH 1.25 TO 1.50 INCH QPF AMOUNTS PLACED OVER THE SHASTA AND TRINITY RANGES IN NORTHERN CA...AS WELL AS THE FAVORED UPSLOPE LOCATIONS ALONG THE SIERRA NEVADA RANGE. THE STRONGEST SIGNAL FOR THE ATM RIVER APPEARS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CA...CENTERED MAINLY ON DAY 3. A STRONG SHORT WAVE TRACKING ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING THE CA COAST FOCUSES THE 1.25 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER AIR (WHICH IS BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE THE MEAN) INITIALLY ON THE CA COASTAL RANGE AND THE SIERRA NEVADA RANGE. THE UPSLOPE FLOW IS MOST EFFICIENT ACROSS THE SIERRA NEVADA RANGE...WHERE A 50 KNOT LOW LEVEL FLOW FOCUSES THE MOISTURE ON THE FAVORED LOCATIONS. THERE WAS A MULTI MODEL SIGNAL FOR 2.50 TO 4.50 INCHES OF QPF ALONG THE RANGE...WITH THE HIGHEST QPF AMOUNTS CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE RANGE (DUE TO BETTER ACCESS TO THE 1.25 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER PLUME). AS THE MOISTURE PLUME DROPS SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN CA (MAINLY AFTER 23/00Z)...THE 50 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET IS ALIGNED NEARLY PERPENDICULAR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CA COASTAL RANGE...AS WELL AS STRETCHING FROM THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE TO THE SAN GABRIEL RANGE. THE STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE TERRAIN WRINGS THE MOISTURE OUT HERE...WITH THE MODELS STILL POINTING TO PCPN AMOUNTS IN THE 3.00 TO 4.50 INCHES. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT HOURLY RAINFALL RATES IN THE HEART OF THE UPSLOPE FLOW COULD REACH NEAR AN INCH AN HOUR. THIS FORECAST WAS LARGELY ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY WITH THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT GIVEN THE MODEL AGREEMENT AND GOOD RUN TO RUN. MADE A FEW SUBTLE MODIFICATIONS TO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA ISSUED ON THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT. IF INSTABILITY APPEARS AS THOUGH IT WILL BECOME MORE PREVALENT IN THE HEART OF THE STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW...OR MODEL SOLUTIONS INCREASE QPF IN VULNERABLE AREAS (SUCH AS BURN SCARS)...A MODERATE RISK COULD EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN CA FOR DAY 3. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE WEST COAST...ESPECIALLY DURING DAY 3. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SUITE OF WPC WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. ...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES/SOUTHWEST... A SHORT WAVE TRACKING FROM THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN TO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND SOUTHWEST STATES ON DAY 2 PROVIDES LIFT AND UPSLOPE FLOW FOR LOCALLY HEAVY QPF ACROSS THE REGION. UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND THE SHORT WAVE FOCUSES MOISTURE ON THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES FOR DAY 3. FOR THE MOST PART...THERE WAS GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT WITH THE TRACK OF THE SHORT WAVE ON DAY 2...SO THE WPC QPF WAS BASED PRIMARILY ON A BLEND OF THE 00Z ECMWF/GFS. A SHORT WAVE TRACKING FROM NV TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION DURING THE FIRST HALF OF DAY 2 WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT TO AID IN CYCLOGENESIS ACROSS CO... WHICH THEN TRACKS TO THE PANHANDLE OF TX. AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL AND SURFACE SYSTEMS...A 35 TO 45 KNOT LOW LEVEL FLOW TRANSPORTS MOISTURE INTO THE GREAT BASIN... SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND SOUTHWEST STATES. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATED THE POTENTIAL FOR MARGINAL INSTABILITY (MAINLY IN THE FORM OF STEEPENING LAPSE RATES) AHEAD OF THE SHORT WAVE. THE BEST SYNOPTIC ASCENT EXITS FOR DAY 3...BUT UPSLOPE FLOW AHEAD OF A LONG WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING THE WEST COAST WILL FOCUS INCREASING LOW TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AZ...AS WELL AS THE WASATCH RANGE IN UT...AND THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS IN CO. IN THESE AREAS. ...LOWER MS VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEAST/MID ATLANTIC... A STRONG SHORT WAVE TRACKS FROM THE SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A CLOSED LOW BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE ARKLATEX OR AREAS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THERE WHEN THE DAY 2 FORECAST PERIOD BEGINS. THE CLOSED LOW THEN CROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND MID ATLANTIC LATE DAY 2/EARLY DAY 3...AND THEN CONTINUES HEADING NORTH TOWARDS NY AND NEW ENGLAND BY THE END OF DAY 3. THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL SYSTEM AND IT ATTENDANT SURFACE LOW COULD RESULT IN HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. THE MODELS HAVE STARTED TO DIVERGE ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE SYSTEM AND EACH OF THE GLOBAL MODELS HAVE HAD POOR RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY STARTING WITH THE 00Z/06Z RUNS. THE WPC QPF WAS BASED PRIMARILY ON A BLEND OF THE LATEST AVAILABLE ECMWF/GFS/UKMET...EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST 12 HOURS OF THE DAY 2 FORECAST WHEN THE 20/12Z ARW WAS AVAILABLE. MODEL SOUNDINGS ON DAY 2 SHOWED MARGINAL TO LOCALLY MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE WESTERN FL PANHANDLE INTO WESTERN AL AND MUCH OF GA AND WESTERN SC. THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS AUGMENTED BY DIVERGENCE IN IN THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF A 110 KNOT JET CROSSING THE GULF STATES. THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY TO WESTERN NC DURING LATE DAY 2/EARLY DAY 3. WHILE THE SYNOTIC SCALE ASCENT IS NOT QUITE AS FAVORABLE ACROSS THE REGION AS IT WAS FURTHER SOUTH...LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL AID IN FOCUSING THE 1.25 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER UP ALONG AND OVER A WARM FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. THE 30 TO 40 KNOT VEERING LOW LEVEL INFLOW BECOMES AN UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OVER THE TN/NC BORDER UP EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS INTO SOUTHEAST VA AND THE DELMARVA PENINSULA. THREE HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS IS AS LOW AS 1.50 TO 2.00 INCHES...SO THE COMBINATION OF DEEPER MOISTURE...MARGINAL (MAINLY ELEVATED) INSTABILITY AND UPSLOPE FLOW COULD RESULT IN A MARGINAL FLASH FLOOD THREAT. FURTHER EAST...THE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES ARE HIGHER...SO DESPITE THE HIGHER QPF AMOUNTS...FLASH FLOODING IS LESS LIKELY HERE ON DAY 3. ...UPPER GREAT LAKES... A CLOSED MID LEVEL SYSTEM WOBBLES OVER THE UPPER MS VALLEY AND UPPER GREAT LAKES AND EVENTUALLY BECOMES A NEGATIVELY TILTED LONG WAVE TROUGH BY LATE DAY 2 OR EARLY DAY 3. INFLOW AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL SYSTEM RESULTS IN QPF ACROSS THE REGION EACH DAY. THERE WAS GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO EVOLUTION OF THE MID LEVEL SYSTEM...SO THE WPC QPF WAS BASED ON A MULTI MODEL BLEND. 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Valid 01Z Sat Jan 21 2017 - 12Z Sat Jan 21 2017
Valid 12Z Sat Jan 21 2017 - 12Z Sun Jan 22 2017
Valid 12Z Sun Jan 22 2017 - 12Z Mon Jan 23 2017
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EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DISCUSSION NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 758 PM EST FRI JAN 20 2017 ...VALID 01Z SAT JAN 21 2017 - 12Z SAT JAN 21 2017... ...REFERENCE AWIPS GRAPHIC UNDER...DAY 1 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL... MARGINAL RISK OF RAINFALL EXCEEDING FFG TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 N NSI 10 WSW VNY 20 ESE PMD 25 NNW PSP 30 NE CZZ 60 SSE CZZ 85 S MMTJ 105 SSW NRS 90 SSW NUC. MARGINAL RISK OF RAINFALL EXCEEDING FFG TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NW KMZG IAH 15 N POE 35 SE GTR 30 NW MXF 15 ENE GZH 25 SE PQL 10 W S58. SLIGHT RISK OF RAINFALL EXCEEDING FFG TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 NE NSI 10 NNE EMT 15 NE RIV 20 SSW PSP 15 N CZZ 25 SSW CZZ 35 SSW NRS 60 WSW NZY. SLIGHT RISK OF RAINFALL EXCEEDING FFG TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 N KBQX 10 ESE IAH 10 NW HEZ 25 E NMM 45 NNW GZH 30 NNE BFM 25 SSW HSA 25 W KEIR. 0100 UTC UPDATE... TWO NOTABLE CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE PREVIOUS DAY 1 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OUTLOOK. FIRST...WAS ABLE TO TRIM THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE MARGINAL AND SLIGHT RISK AREAS ACROSS CA...BASED ON THE LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS...ALONG WITH THE FORECAST GOING FORWARD AS THE NARROWING ATMOSPHERIC RIVER CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT AND THE COLD FRONT IN ITS WAKE PUSH SOUTH OF THE STATE LATER THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE...HAVE EXPANDED THE MARGINAL AND SLIGHT RISK AREAS FARTHER WEST THROUGH WESTERN LA AND THE UPPER TX COAST...AGAIN ALSO BASED ON THE OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS ALONG WITH THE LATEST HRRR TRENDS. HURLEY ...CALIFORNIA... BROAD SCALE CYCLONIC FLOW EXISTS OVER THE WESTERN U.S...ANCHORED UPSTREAM BY A POWERFUL 160-170 KNOT JET STREAK. A BETTER DEFINED / DEEPER TROUGH WILL DEVELOP AND MIGRATE INTO CALIFORNIA EARLY TODAY ALONG THE CYCLONIC SHEAR SIDE OF THIS RATHER STRAIGHT AND RATHER STRONG JET STREAK. THIS WAVE WILL TAP INTO SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE AND PRODUCE DEEP ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH THE COLUMN...WITH 700 MB U-WIND COMPONENT ANOMALIES OF 3 TO 5 STANDARD DEVIATIONS FROM CLIMATOLOGY ALONG THE COAST. THIS ALONG WITH STRONG HEIGHT FALLS AS THE FLOW AMPLIFIES A BIT...WILL PROMOTE SOME HEAVY RAINFALL FOR COASTAL CALIFORNIA...PROGRESSING NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE DAY. RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY EXCEED A HALF INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES...LEADING TO EVENT TOTALS OF 2.0 TO 3.5 INCHES IN THE FAVORED TERRAIN ALONG THE COAST...AS WELL AS SIMILAR LIQUID EQUIVALENTS OVER THE SOUTHERN END OF THE SIERRAS. ALONG THE COAST THE RAINFALL WILL BE FAIRLY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED FROM MONTEREY TO SAN DIEGO...AS THE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN POTENT BUT PROGRESSIVE. FLOODING / FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. ...CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES... THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF ENERGETIC AND PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL PULL OUT IN THE PLAINS TODAY...ACTING TO TIGHTEN GRADIENTS AND STRENGTHEN A JET STREAK WITHIN SSW - NNE FLOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF STATES. THE LOW LEVEL RESPONSE WILL DRAW MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY RAPIDLY BACK NORTHWARD OUT OF THE GULF INTO LOUISIANA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF TX / MS. THE GREATEST MOISTURE FLUX SHOULD BE ORIENTED INTO SOUTHERN LOUISIANA BY 00-06Z THE 21ST...WITH WINDS THEN BEGINNING TO VEER AS THE SYNOPTIC FLOW REGIME REMAINS PROGRESSIVE. THEREFORE...WE FAVORED SOLUTIONS SUCH AS THE NSSL WRF AND GEM REGIONAL WHICH DEPICT HEAVIER SWATHS OF RAIN ORIGINATING IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND EXPANDING EASTWARD. THIS ORIENTATION...AS DEPICTED IN THE DETERMINISTIC WPC FORECAST...WOULD OVERLAP WITH AREAS THAT SAW HEAVY RAIN ON THURSDAY...AND WHERE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES HAVE DECREASED. WE ENCOMPASSED MUCH OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI IN A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...BUT WERE ALSO GENEROUS WITH THE NORTHERN EXPANSE OF THE SLIGHT AND MARGINAL RISK AREAS...ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY AND ACCOUNTING FOR A SECONDARY SWATH OF HEAVIER RAIN RATES SEEN IN MUCH OF THE HI-RES GUIDANCE OVER NORTHERN LA / CENTRAL MS. THIS SEEMS TO CORRESPOND TO MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS AND DEEP LAYER Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE PER THE GFS AND ECMWF. BURKE
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PROBABILISTIC HEAVY SNOW AND ICING DISCUSSION NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 453 PM EST FRI JAN 20 2017 VALID 00Z SAT JAN 21 2017 - 00Z TUE JAN 24 2017 DAYS 1-3... ...WESTERN U.S.... AN ACTIVE PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE WESTERN U.S....PARTICULARLY FOR CALIFORNIA OVER THE NEXT 3 DAYS...WITH HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOWS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING 4 FEET ALONG THE HIGHER PEAKS IN THE SIERRA. FOR FRI EVENING EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO SAT...A WELL-DEFINED MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE/STRONG UPPER JET IS EXPECTED TO DIG SOUTH OF THE UPPER LOW THAT IS CURRENTLY CENTERED OFF OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST. ANOMALOUS MOISTURE ADVECTION AFFORDED BY STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT INTERACTING WITH FAVORABLE UPPER JET DYNAMICS WILL HELP SUPPORT HEAVY SNOWS INTO THE EVENING HOURS ALONG THE SOUTHERN CA COASTAL RANGES THAT WILL TRANSLATE EAST INTO THE INTERIOR SOUTHWESTERN U.S. OVERNIGHT...IMPACTING THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UT AND ARIZONA RIM COUNTRY BEFORE REACHING INTO PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHERN CO BY EARLY SAT. MEANWHILE...PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOWS ALONG THE COASTAL RANGES OF NORTHWESTERN CA AND SIERRA BEFORE A SHORTWAVE RIDGE OFFERS A BRIEF RESPITE LATE SAT. HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO NORTHERN CA ON SUN AS A NEW LOW FORMS OFF OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WITH A STRONG UPPER JET TO ITS SOUTH EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN CA. THIS WILL SUPPORT A FRESH ROUND OF HEAVY SNOWS FOR THE NORTHERN COASTAL RANGES OF CA INTO THE SOUTHERN CASCADES AND THE SIERRA. FROM LATE SUN INTO MON...THE AFOREMENTIONED RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE WAY TO AN AMPLIFYING TROUGH...WITH AN AXIS OF DEEP ONSHORE FLOW SHIFTING SOUTH ACROSS CA. AS HEAVY SNOWS CONTINUE ALONG THE SIERRA...RESIDUAL MOISTURE SPREADING EAST WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWS ACROSS OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED REGIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN AND PORTIONS OF THE ROCKIES...INCLUDING THE TETONS...UINTAS...WASATCH AND THE WESTERN CO RANGES. AS THE TROUGH CONTINUES TO AMPLIFY...LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE COASTAL RANGES OF SOUTHERN CA EARLY MON. DAY 3... INTERIOR NORTHEAST... GUIDANCE SHOWS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH IMPACTING THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. FRI EVENING INTO SAT...SHIFTING EAST OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WITH A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS SAT EVENING. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO SPIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MS VALLEY ON SUN BEFORE BEGINNING TO LIFT TO THE NORTH AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. EARLY MON. GUIDANCE BEGINS TO DIVERGE ON MON WITH RESPECT TO THE TRACK AND AMPLITUDE OF THE LOW...CONTRIBUTING TO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION TYPE DIFFERENCES ACROSS THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST SUN NIGHT-EARLY MON. TO VARYING DEGREES GUIDANCE SHOWS COOLER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH A BLOCKING HIGH OVER SOUTHEASTERN CANADA SPILLING SOUTH...OFFERING A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWS ALONG THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD AS IT REACHES INTO NORTHERN PA...UPSTATE NY AND CENTRAL TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND MON MORNING. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY...THE WPC FORECAST FAVORED AMOUNTS THAT WERE HEAVIER THAN THE WARMER GFS...BUT ALSO DOWNPLAYED THE FORECAST FOR HEAVIER AMOUNTS PRESENTED BY THE NAM...THE 09Z SREFMEAN AND THE 00Z ECMWF. PEREIRA
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EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 836 AM EST FRI JAN 20 2017 VALID 12Z MON JAN 23 2017 - 12Z FRI JAN 27 2017 ...SNOW POTENTIAL FOR THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL/HIGH PLAINS TO THE UPPER MIDWEST NEXT WEEK... SYNOPTIC PATTERN & MODEL PREFERENCES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RETROGRADING RIDGING ACROSS CANADA FORCED BY A TROUGH SHARPENING ALONG 160W LONGITUDE SHOULD REORIENT THE TROUGH, STRETCHING FROM EASTERN CANADA THROUGH THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARDS THE SEA OF CORTEZ/GULF OF CALIFORNIA. THE GUIDANCE REMAINS IN BETTER THAN AVERAGE AGREEMENT. FOR THE PRESSURES, 500 HPA HEIGHTS, AND WIND GRIDS, A COMPROMISE OF THE 00Z CANADIAN/00Z ECMWF/00Z UKMET/06Z GFS WAS UTILIZED EARLY BEFORE USING INCREASING AMOUNTS OF THE 00Z ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEAN AND 00Z NAEFS MEAN MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK. OTHER WEATHER GRIDS WILL BE MORE HEAVILY ENSEMBLE MEAN BASED TO REFLECT FORECAST UNCERTAINTY. THE DAYS 4-7 QPF WILL START OUT AS A COMPROMISE OF THE 06Z GFS/00Z ECMWF, WITH SOME 12Z GFS THROWN IN MIDDAY IF ITS MASS FIELDS LOOK REASONABLE. WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS/THREATS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE LEAD SYSTEM IN THE EAST/NORTHEAST WILL LIKELY TRANSPORT SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE FROM THE TROPICS/SUBTROPICS NORTH THEN NORTHWEST INTO MILD AIR FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR FOR AN ARRAY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TYPES. INGREDIENTS ARE THERE FOR AN INTERIOR EVENT THANKS TO WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT IMPORTED BY THIS SYSTEM AND A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH KEEPING COOLER AIR AT THE SURFACE. AN UPSTREAM KICKER WILL ENSURE THIS ONE WILL NOT LINGER BUT PRECIPITATION RATES COULD BE IMPRESSIVE. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH IN THE WEST AND INTERIOR WEST BY MIDWEEK AS THE UPPER TROUGH SWINGS INTO THE PLAINS. WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN SNOWS FROM THE SIERRAS TO THE WASATCH AND THE MOGOLLON RIM TO THE COLORADO ROCKIES SHOULD WIND DOWN TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW ORGANIZES OVER KANSAS AND LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD. SNOW WILL EXPAND TO THE NORTHEAST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LOW WHERE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. AXIS OF HEAVIEST QPF SHOULD BE NEAR THE NE/SD BORDER INTO SOUTHERN WI. BY LATER IN THE WEEK, PATTERN BECOMES QUIET AS THE FRONT SETTLES INTO FLORIDA AND HIGH PRESSURE IS IN FIRM CONTROL OF THE WEST, SEIZING INCREASING TERRITORY TO THE EAST WITH TIME. DESPITE THE HIGHER 500 HPA HEIGHTS, NORTHERLY UPPER FLOW AND 700MB TEMPS ABOUT 1-2 SIGMAS BELOW AVERAGE WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN. MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE EAST SHOULD TREND BACK TOWARD CLIMATOLOGY AS TROUGHING INCREASES ACROSS THE AREA. LAKE EFFECT SNOW PRODUCTION WILL PICK UP THURSDAY/FRIDAY WITH NORTH/NORTH-NORTHWEST FLOW. ROTH/FRACASSO
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