Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
308 PM EST Sat Mar 04 2023

Valid 00Z Sun Mar 05 2023 - 00Z Tue Mar 07 2023

...Heavy snow over the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Northern Plains into
parts of the Upper Great Lakes...

...Red Flag warnings over the Southern Plains...

A front over the Pacific Northwest into Central California will move
eastward to the Ohio Valley by Monday evening. Upper-level energy
associated with the front will produce heavy snow over the Sierra Nevada
Mountains from Saturday evening into Sunday evening. In addition, the
system will create coastal rain and higher-elevation snow over the Pacific
Northwest into Central/Southern California through late Sunday evening.
Overnight Saturday, the snow moves into the Northern Intermountain.

On Sunday, the storm moves out of the Rockies onto the Plains producing
heavy snow over the Northern Plains. By Sunday evening, the storm moves
into the Middle Mississippi Valley and the Ohio Valley by Monday evening.
The heavy snow moves into the Upper Mississippi Valley and the Upper Great
Lakes on Sunday evening into Monday evening. The system will also produce
rain over parts of the Middle Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes/Ohio
Valley.

Additionally, as the storm moves out of the Rockies onto the Plains,
strong wind, low humidity, and dry fuels will contribute to an area of
Elevated and Critical Risk of fire weather over the Southern High Plains
from Sunday into Monday. The fire weather threat has prompted Red Flag
Warnings over the region.

Ziegenfelder


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