Prognostic Meteorological Discussion
Issued by NWS

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FXUS01 KWBC 112005
PMDSPD

SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
405 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014

VALID 00Z WED MAR 12 2014 - 00Z FRI MAR 14 2014

...HEAVY SNOW OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...

...TEMPERATURES WILL BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE OVER THE
GREAT LAKES...

...TEMPERATURES WILL BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE
MID-ATLANTIC...

DEVELOPING STORM OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD TO THE GULF OF MAINE BY THURSDAY MORNING.  THE
SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAIN/ROCKIES
THAT WILL MOVE TO THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY AN INTENSIFYING TO
HEAVY SNOW BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WANING TO LIGHT SNOW
BY THURSDAY MORNING.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP
OVER PARTS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON TUESDAY EVENING.
AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.  IN
ADDITION, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP A LONG THE
CENTRAL/EASTERN GULF COAST AND MOVE INTO FLORIDA BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING.  FURTHERMORE, MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER
PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, MOVING
INTO PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.  BY THURSDAY
MORNING, THE STORM WILL BE MOVING OFF INTO EASTERN CANADA, WITH
LIGHT SNOW REMAINING OVER PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND.

MEANWHILE, HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
MOVING TO TEXAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING/THURSDAY.  THE CIRCULATION
AROUND THE HIGH WILL AID IN PRODUCING SANTA ANA WINDS OVER PARTS
OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  ELSEWHERE, A WARM
FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL AID IN PRODUCING A
REGION OF SNOW OVER PATS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON THURSDAY
MORNING.


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