Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
313 AM EST Tue Jan 25 2022

Valid 12Z Tue Jan 25 2022 - 12Z Thu Jan 27 2022

...Light to moderate snow will move through New England today before a
clipper system exit the region tonight...

...Showers across the Gulf Coast states will spread into Florida later
today...

...Arctic air will plunge into the eastern two-thirds of the country with
a round of snow today across the central/southern Rockies and High
Plains...

An Alberta clipper moving into New England early today will bring with it
a quick round of scattered light to moderate snow through the interior
sections of the Northeast and down toward the central Appalachians before
exiting the region tonight.  An arctic air mass in the wake of the clipper
will continue to plunge into the Plains today and then through much of the
eastern U.S. by Wednesday.  Sub-zero temperatures will be common across
the northern Plains to the upper Midwest through Wednesday morning with
wind chills potentially reaching -40 degrees.  This cold snap will be
somewhat short-lived across the northern U.S. as a quick rebound to above
normal temperatures is expected to spread eastward from the northern High
Plains later on Wednesday into Thursday with the passage of a warm front. 
However, much of the eastern half of the country down into the South will
be under the grip of this arctic air mass into Thursday morning.  Areas of
lake-effect snow can be expected to linger near the downwind side of the
Great Lakes into Thursday morning.

Meanwhile, a low pressure system tracking eastward across the northern
tier of the Gulf of Mexico will continue to bring a round of showers and
possibly a few thunderstorms  from west to east through the Gulf Coast
states early today before reaching the Florida Peninsula this afternoon
into tonight. This system is forecast to weaken but will become
slow-moving as it reaches Florida on Wednesday, thereby keeping a good
chance of showers and possibly thunderstorms across the southern half of
Florida into Thursday morning.

Farther to the north, a shortwave impulse diving down the spine of the
Rockies will trigger a round of snow showers today and tonight from the
central to southern Rockies as well as the nearby High Plains.  The area
of snow should reach the southern High Plains on Wednesday and then toward
Oklahoma Wednesday night as the shortwave impulse continues to dive
farther southward.

Kong


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