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FXUS61 KPBZ 030313
AFDPBZ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1013 PM EST MON DEC 2 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
CLOUDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY. WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK WILL FALL TO
BELOW NORMAL BY THE WEEKEND.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
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THE FIRST WAVE ALONG THE FRONT IS EXITING TO THE EAST...HAVING
MANAGED TO GENERATE ENOUGH LIFT LOCALLY TO JUST WET TO THE GROUND
FROM PITTSBURGH TO THE NORTHEAST. A BRIEF QUIET PERIOD LOOKS TO
FOLLOW IT ON RADAR AND REGIONAL SATELLITE IMAGERY. IN FACT...A BIT
OF PARTIAL CLEARING BETWEEN THE WAVES SEEMS TO HAVE ALLOWED SOME
TEMPERATURES TO FALL OFF A BIT MORE THAN EXPECTED. AS A RESULT AND
AFTER A SECOND LOOK AT RUC THERMAL PROFILES OVERNIGHT WITH A
SECOND INCOMING WAVE...IT SEEMS THINGS ACROSS THE NORTH COULD BE A
BIT MORE FAVORABLE FOR A SNOW FLAKE OR TWO MAKING IT OUT OF THE
CLOUDS.

RADAR COVERAGE WITH THE SECOND WAVE IS FAR MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN
ANY RECENT WEAK WAVE ALONG THIS FRONT...SO A MIX OF INTERMITTENT LIGHT
RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW SEEMS PROBABLE FOR THE CWA AT THE VERY LEAST
FROM PITTSBURGH WEST OVERNIGHT. FRIES
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.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS EXPECTED UNDER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT
AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE REGION...WITH
TEMPERATURES AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY. WARM
FRONT TO PASS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH TRAILING COLD FRONT
THROUGH BY THURSDAY EVENING BASED ON LATEST MODEL CONSENSUS.
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD
OF THE WARM FRONT WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT QPF AMOUNTS...BUT MORE
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION LOOKS LIKELY JUST ALONG AND BEHIND THE
THE COLD FRONT. LATEST HPC GUIDANCE PROJECTS ONE INCH OF TOTAL QPF BY
THE WEEKEND IN GENERAL FOR THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES WHICH WILL HAVE MORE FAVORABLE
UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. PRECIPITATION WILL FALL INITIALLY AS RAIN
AREAWIDE BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT.

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.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
WITH MUCH COLDER AIR IN PLACE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TEMPERATURES
WILL BE DRASTICALLY COOLER THAN EARLIER IN THE WEEK...WITH DAYTIME
MAX TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO LARGELY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION SUNDAY
WITH SNOW LIKELY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY.

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.AVIATION /03Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
CONTINUING TO KEEP PCPN OUT OF TAFS, THOUGH A FEW SPRINKLES WILL
BE SCATTERED ABOUT. IF SHOWERS ARE MORE WIDESPREAD IN
COVERAGE...LOW MVFR OR IFR CIGS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. BROUGHT IN
SOME MVFR FOG LATE AS A COMPROMISE. ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD MOVE
OUT BY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH RISING CEILINGS THROUGH THE DAY.

WIND WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.OUTLOOK.../TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
A GREATER CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD RESTRICTIONS WILL BE WITH THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER THE REGION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEVERAL SYSTEMS WILL THEN DEVELOP AND MOVE ALONG
THE NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY...CONTINUING RESTRICTION CHANCES
THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE CONDITIONS DRY OUT
SATURDAY.

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.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

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