US Day 3-7 Hazards Outlook
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
346 PM EST Mon Jan 03 2022
 
Valid Thursday January 06 2022 - Monday January 10 2022
 
Hazards:
- Heavy precipitation across portions of California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Northern Great 
Basin, Thu-Fri, Jan 6-Jan 7.
- Heavy rain across portions of the Southeast, the Southern Appalachians, the Lower Mississippi 
Valley, the Southern Plains, and the Tennessee Valley, Sat-Sun, Jan 8-Jan 9.
- Heavy snow across portions of the Northeast, the Great Basin, the Tennessee Valley, the Northern 
Rockies, the Central Rockies, the Mid-Atlantic, the Southern Appalachians, the Central 
Appalachians, and the Ohio Valley, Thu-Fri, Jan 6-Jan 7.
- Flooding possible across portions of the Pacific Northwest and the Ohio Valley.
- Flooding occurring or imminent across portions of the Pacific Northwest and the Ohio Valley.
- Much below normal temperatures across portions of the Northern/Central Plains, the Northern 
Rockies, the Upper/Middle Mississippi Valley, and the Upper Great Lakes, Thu-Fri, Jan 6-Jan 7.
- Heavy precipitation across portions of the Alaska Panhandle and mainland Alaska, Sat-Mon, Jan 
8-Jan 10.
- High winds across portions of mainland Alaska and the Aleutians, Thu-Fri, Jan 6-Jan 7.
- High winds across portions of the Alaska Panhandle and mainland Alaska, Sat-Mon, Jan 8-Jan 10.
- Much below normal temperatures across portions of the Alaska Panhandle and mainland Alaska, 
Thu-Sun, Jan 6-Jan 9.
 
Detailed Summary:

A front and an associated plume of moisture moving into the Northwest will produce an area of Heavy 
Precipitation over the Pacific Northwest and parts of Northern California on Thursday and Friday.  
Furthermore, as the low pressure moves inland over the Northwest, areas of Heavy Snow will develop 
over parts of the Bitterroot, Salman River, and Sawtooth Mountain Ranges on Thursday and Friday.  
Also, areas of Heavy Snow will develop over parts of the Wind River Mountains, likewise, on 
Thursday and Friday.  Also, on Thursday, high pressure over the Northern High Plains will move to 
the Middle Mississippi Valley by Friday, then the Southeast by Saturday.  The high will bring a 
cold air mass, producing an area of Much Below Normal Temperatures over parts of the 
Northern/Central Plains and the Upper Mississippi Valley into parts of the Upper Great Lakes on 
Thursday and Friday.  Low temperatures will be in the low to mid-twenties below zero, with single 
digits extending as far south as Kansas.  Gusty winds will develop over parts of the Texas 
Panhandle on Thursday, but the wind speed will be less than the criteria for high winds to be 
placed on the Hazards Chart. 

A wave of low pressure over the Lower Mississippi Valley will move northeastward to off the 
Mid-Atlantic Coast by Friday.  The low will produce an area of Heavy Snow over parts of the Ohio 
Valley, Central Appalachians, parts of the northern Mid-Atlantic, and the Northeast on Thursday and 
Friday.  As the low moves to the coast, strong winds will develop along the Mid-Atlantic to the 
Northeast Coast on Friday and Saturday.

Low pressure over the Northern Plains will move northeastward to near James Bay in Canada on 
Saturday and Sunday.  The low will produce strong winds over Lakes Superior, Michigan, and Huron on 
Saturday and Sunday.  The associated front will move across the Plains to the Mississippi Valley on 
Saturday and the Lower Mississippi Valley on Sunday and off the East and Gulf Coast by Monday.  The 
boundary will intersect moisture over the Lower Mississippi Valley and parts of the Southeast on 
Saturday and Sunday, producing a region of Heavy Rain from the Lower Mississippi Valley into parts 
of the Southern Appalachians on Saturday into Sunday. 

Over Alaska, an area of deep low pressure over the North Pacific will move just south of the 
Aleutians on Thursday and Friday, moving into the Gulf of Alaska on Saturday.  The pressure 
gradient associated with the low will produce an area of High Winds over the Aleutians and the 
Alaska Peninsula, and parts of Kodiak Island on Thursday and Friday.  As the low moves eastward 
across the Gulf of Alaska, moisture will stream into parts of the South-Central Mainland and the 
Panhandle producing an area of Heavy Precipitation from Kenai Peninsula to the Alaskan Panhandle on 
Saturday into Monday.  Furthermore, as the low moves close to the Panhandle, an area of High Winds 
will develop along the coast from east of Valdez to the Alaska Panhandle on Saturday into Monday.  
Meanwhile, Two areas of Much Below Normal Temperatures will be across parts of the Alaska Peninsula 
into the Southwest mainland from Thursday to Sunday.  However, the temperatures will moderate a bit 
by Monday.  The second area of Much Below Normal Temperatures will be over parts of the 
South-Central Mainland into parts of the Interior from Thursday into Monday.

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