…Extremely critical fire weather conditions continue for portions of the
Southern California Coast with critical conditions persisting into
Thursday…
…A developing winter storm is set to bring a significant wintry mix of
snow, sleet, and freezing rain to much of the Southern U.S. late tonight
into Friday…
…Pacific storm to bring coastal rain and mountain snow to parts of the
Pacific Northwest on Friday…
Extremely critical fire weather conditions will persist across portions of
the Southern California Coast through this evening as strong downslope
Santa Ana winds continue. The very strong winds combined with relative
humidities in the teens and dry fuels will continue to support a dangerous
wind and fire weather event. Terrain induced wind gusts of 70 to 90 mph
will also result in numerous downed trees and power lines with widespread
power outages likely. The worst of the extremely critical fire weather
conditions are expected to wane overnight, but conditions will largely
remain critically elevated through Thursday and possibly Friday as well.
A significant winter storm remains on track to bring a wintry mix of snow,
sleet, and freezing rain to a large portion of the Southern U.S to round
out the work week. The developing storm is set to begin late tonight
across portions of West Texas before expanding north and eastward across
the Red River Valley, southern Ozarks, the Mid-South, and the Tennessee
Valley Thursday into Friday. A large swath of heavy snow is expected to
dangerously impact travel from southeast Oklahoma through much of
Tennessee where accumulations have the potential to exceed 6 inches.
Farther south, snow will transition from snow, to sleet, to freezing rain
as warmer air aloft overspreads sub-freezing temperatures at the surface.
The freezing rain will turn surfaces from roads, to sidewalks, to trees
and power lines icy, leading to hazardous travel and the concern for
downed tree branches and power outages from portions of Texas, Arkansas,
and parts of the Southeast.
Later in the period, a Pacific storm will come crashing ashore across the
Pacific Northwest on Friday. This storm will have plenty of moisture to
work with, setting the stage for widespread coastal rain and high
elevation snow. The highest elevations of the Cascades will have the
potential to receive over a foot of new snow by the time the storm ends
later on Saturday.
Miller
Graphics available at
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php
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