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FXUS01 KWBC 040730
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
229 AM EST THU MAR 04 2004
VALID 12Z THU MAR 04 2004 - 00Z SAT MAR 06 2004
...MAJOR SPRING STORM IN STORE FOR CENTRAL US...
POTENT UPPER VORTEX WILL SWING FROM NRN MEXICO INTO THE GREAT
LAKES DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS...GENERATING A DEEP SFC CYCLONE
OVER THE PLAINS STATES. RICH INFLOW OF MOISTURE FROM GULF OF
MEXICO IS ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE SRN PLAINS AND MS VALLEY...THE
FUEL SOURCE FOR WIDESPREAD SOAKING RAINS TODAY. AS THE STORM
WRAPS UP AND LIFTS INTO THE UPPER MS VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES FRI...
PCPN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND ICE ON ITS NRN AND WRN FLANKS...FROM
ERN NEB TO THE UP OF MI. MEANWHILE...SQUALL LINE WILL RUN AHEAD
OF
ATTENDANT COLD FRONT...MARCHING ACROSS OH AND TN VALLEYS AND
GULF STATES. WARM ADVECTION PCPN IS EXPECTED TO BREAK OUT OVER
NORTHEAST FRI...WITH A LITTLE SNOW OR ICE POSSIBLE ON THE NRN
FRINGE FROM THE ADIRONDACKS TO ME.
PAC NORTHWEST WILL ALSO BE STORMY THIS PD...WITH ONE-TWO PUNCH
OF RAIN AND SNOW. FIRST SYSTEM WILL BRING FOCUSED RAIN AND SNOW
TO WRN WA AND OR EARLY TODAY...WITH LIGHTER PCPN STREAKING ALL
THE WAY TO CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THEN...ROBUST COLD FRONT WILL BEAR
DOWN ON THE REGION FRI...SPREADING ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT
PCPN INTO THE AREA. HEIGHTS SHOULD LOWER ENOUGH WITH THIS
SECOND SHOT TO ALLOW MORE SUBSTANTIAL SNOWS OVER THE
MOUNTAINS OF THE INTERIOR NW BY DAYS END.
CISCO
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT: HTTP://WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV$$
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