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FXUS01 KWBC 080716
PMDSPD

Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
215 AM EST Thu Jan 08 2026

Valid 12Z Thu Jan 08 2026 - 12Z Sat Jan 10 2026

...Impactful snow for southeastern Colorado into New Mexico
Thursday night into Friday. Chances for impactful snow for Upper
Midwest into Great Lakes Friday night into Saturday...

...Flash flooding and severe weather threat across the Lower
Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys Friday...

...Record warmth for much of the Southeast to Ohio Valley Thursday
into Friday...

The cold front that has moved into the Central Great Basin and
Central Rockies from the Pacific Northwest will continue to move
southeastward, bringing chances for some mixed precipitation over
the Four Corners and portions of the Interior West today. With
sufficient moisture, upslope flow, and cold surface temperatures,
chances for moderate to locally heavy snowfall will increase,
especially over parts of southeastern Colorado and New Mexico.
With the chances for heavy snow and gusty winds, travel conditions
will be hazardous. Several areas within the Four Corners have
issued Winter Weather Advisories and Winter Storm Warnings through
Friday. As the cold front pushes northeastward into the Upper
Midwest and Great Lakes by Friday, chances for heavy snow
increases as another wave drops southward from Canada.

Chances for unsettled weather and widespread precipitation
continues through Friday, as the surface low and the associated
frontal system moves eastward across the Central/Southern Plains
into the Ohio and Tennessee Valley. As the southwesterly flow
continues to pull sufficient moisture from the Gulf, chances for
heavier rainfall and flash flooding will increase as the system
progresses east. The Weather Prediction Center has issued a Slight
risk (level 2/4) for Excessive Rainfall for portions of the
Tennessee Valley and Deep South for Friday. In addition, the Storm
Prediction Center has issued a Marginal Risk (level 1/5) for
severe thunderstorms over Oklahoma into parts of the Lower/Mid
Mississippi Valley for Thursday and a Slight Risk (level 2/5) for
the lower Mississippi Valley into parts of the Mid-South and
Southeast.

With the upper-level ridge continuing to move from Central U.S. to
Eastern U.S. and the southerly flow transporting warmer air
northward, the warming trend will continue over the next few days.
Temperatures will reach above normal temperatures of 20-35 degrees
across parts of the Plains, Midwest, Ohio Valley, and portions of
the Northeast. Temperatures are expected to reach between 70s and
80s Thursday through Friday across the Southern Plains into
Southeast and parts of the Mid-Atlantic, which may break daily
records. Otherwise, much of Western U.S. will see a cooling trend
as a cold front moves eastward into the Plains. Temperatures will
drop into the 30s to 50s, which will be 5-15 degrees below normal.
Heading into the weekend, temperatures began to return to near
normal seasonal temperatures across CONUS.

Oudit


Graphics available at
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php

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