Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
357 PM EDT Tue Nov 01 2022

Valid 00Z Wed Nov 02 2022 - 00Z Fri Nov 04 2022

...Heavy snow for the Cascades, Sierra Nevada Mountains, and Northern
Rockies on Wednesday...

...Heavy snow for the Central Rockies, Wasatch Mountains, and Uinta
Mountains on Thursday...

...Temperatures will be 15 to 25 degrees above average over parts of the
Northern/Central Plains...

A developing upper-level trough over the Pacific Northwest and California
will move to the Rockies by Thursday evening. The deepening trough will
lower snow levels over the mountainous regions producing heavy snow over
the Cascades and Sierra Nevada Mountains starting Tuesday evening and
going through Wednesday. As the trough moves east, the heavy snow moves
into the Wasatch Mountains, Uinta Mountains, and Central Rockies from
Wednesday evening into Thursday. The winter weather has prompted Winter
Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories over the Pacific Northwest,
Sierra Nevada Mountains, and Northern Rockies. The snow will result in
reduced visibility and hazardous driving conditions.  

In the meantime, moisture will move northward over the Plains into the
Upper Midwest in earnest Wednesday evening into Thursday. The moisture
will intersect a front moving westward with an upper-level trough
producing showers and thunderstorms over parts of the Upper Midwest and
Southern Plains on Thursday afternoon. In addition, upper-level riding
ahead of the upper-level trough will produce temperatures 15 to 25 degrees
above average over parts of the Northern/Central Plains.

Furthermore, strong gusty wind and low humidity will develop over parts of
the Plains that have prompted the SPC to issue an Elevated Risk of fire
weather conditions over parts of the Northern/Central High Plains from
Tuesday into Thursday morning.

Ziegenfelder

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