Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
259 AM EST Sun Dec 9 2018

Valid 12Z Sun Dec 9 2018 - 12Z Tue Dec 11 2018

...Winter storm to bring ice and snow for the interior southeast U.S. and
into portions of the Mid-Atlantic states...

A strong storm system passing just south of the southeast U.S. coast early
Sunday morning will result in a high impact winter storm from extreme
northeast Georgia and northwest South Carolina to central/southern
Virginia.  Winter storm warnings are in effect from northeast Georgia to
central Virginia, and winter weather advisories extend from central
Arkansas to eastern Virginia.  Substantial snowfall accumulations are
likely across the southern Appalachians and the adjacent Piedmont of North
Carolina and south-central Virginia, with some accumulations in excess of
a foot possible through Sunday night where the best low-mid level forcing
becomes established.  Travel will be severely affected across much of
these areas, and some power outages are likely.  Mixed precipitation and
wet snow to the south and east of the heaviest snowfall axis across the
coastal plain of the Carolinas and southern Virginia will tend to lower
overall accumulations there, but may still disrupt travel.

Elsewhere across the nation, dry and cold weather is expected from the
Intermountain West to the Ohio Valley, and a few snow showers near the
Great Lakes and northern New England.  Heavy showers and mountain snow
will continue across western Washington and Oregon through Monday as a
cold front approaches from the eastern Pacific. 

D. Hamrick


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