This article focuses on what we are paying attention to in the next 48 to 72 hours. The article also includes weather maps for longer-term U.S. outlooks (up to four weeks) and a six-day World weather outlook which can be very useful for travelers.
First the NWS Short Range Forecast. The afternoon NWS text update can be found here after about 4 p.m. New York time but it is unlikely to have changed very much from the morning update. The images in this article automatically update.
Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
Sat Nov 30 2024
Valid 12Z Sat Nov 30 2024 – 12Z Mon Dec 02 2024…Heavy lake-effect snow downwind from the Great Lakes through Monday…
…Light to moderate snow from the Middle Mississippi Valley to the
Central Appalachians on Saturday……Light to moderate snow over parts of the Northern Plains/Upper
Mississippi Valley and Central Appalachians on Sunday……Temperatures will be 15 to 20 degrees below average over parts of the
Northern Plains and temperatures will be about 10 degrees below average
over parts of the eastern third of the country…High pressure extending from Central Canada to the Tennessee Valley will
usher cold air over parts of the Northern Plains, bringing temperatures of
10 to 20 degrees below average. The cold air prompted Cold Weather
Advisories to be over parts of North Dakota on Saturday morning. The
Central Canada high will move south into the Northern Plains by Monday. As
the high pressure expands eastward, cold air will move over most of the
eastern third of the country, with temperatures about 10 degrees below
average. Freeze Warning will also be over the Central Gulf Coast States to
the Southeast.In addition, upper-level troughing over the Upper Midwest/Upper Great
Lakes into the Northeast and cold air streaming over the Great Lakes will
produce heavy lake-effect snow over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
through Monday. Lighter snowfall will develop over most of the west coast
of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan during the time period. However, heavy
lake-effect snow will develop over the parts of the northern Lower
Peninsula of Michigan near the Traverse City to Gaylord regions. Moreover,
heavy lake-effect snow will develop downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario
through Monday.Moreover, a quasi-stationary front extending from the Middle Mississippi
Valley to the Northern Rockies/Northern High Plains will remain through
Monday. Furthermore, a wave of low pressure will develop on the boundary
over parts of the Central Plains and move eastward to the Central
Appalachians by Sunday morning. The system will produce light to moderate
snow over parts of the Middle Mississippi Valley eastward to the Central
Appalachians on Saturday into Sunday morning. The light to moderate snow
will continue over the Central Appalachians on Sunday. Additionally, light
snow will develop over parts of the Northern Plains on Saturday. The light
snow will continue on Sunday and expand into parts of the Upper/Middle
Mississippi Valley.Meanwhile, weak return flow off the Gulf of Mexico will create light rain
over parts of the Western Gulf Coast on Saturday into Monday morning.
To get your local forecast plus active alerts and warnings click HERE and enter your city, state or zip code.
Learn about wave patterns HERE.
Then, looking at the world and of course, the U.S. shows here also. Today we are looking at precipitation.
Please click on “Read More” below to access the full Daily Report issued today.
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Now more detail on the 48-Hour Forecast (It is a 48 to 72 Hour Forecast actually)
Daily weather maps. The Day 1 map updates twice a day and the Day 2 and 3 maps update only once a day. These maps update automatically. But if that does not happen, you can get updates by clicking HERE
TODAY (or late in the day the evening/overnight map will appear) (Key to surface fronts shown on maps and you will then also be able to insert a city name or zip code and get a local NWS forecast).
TOMORROW
NEXT DAY
We have a new animation of the forecast which shows how things may play out over the next 60 hours. To update click ANIMATION. Doing so will get you to the dashboard. You can then step through the animation or hit LOOP on the upper right of the display. You will have to hit the back arrow ← at the top left on your computer to get back into this article. It is a little more trouble than before but I think NOAA scrapped the animation routine I was using so we have to keep up with “progress”.
The NWS Climate Prediction Center’s: Watches, Warnings, and Advisories plus other information can be found HERE. That takes you to the NWC Severe Weather Site. From there you can select among many categories of information. Remember to hit the back arrow ← at the top left of your screen to return to this article.
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS
This tells us what is approaching the West Coast. Click HERE to update If I have not gotten around to doing the update. Here is some useful information about Atmospheric Rivers.
Below is the current five-day cumulative forecast of precipitation (Updates can be found HERE)
Ski SnowReports will Resume in the Fall.
Now we look at Intermediate-Term “Outlook” maps for three time periods. Days 6 – 10, Days 8 – 14, and Weeks 3 and 4. An outlook differs from a forecast based on how NOAA uses these terms in that an “outlook” presents information as deviation from normal and the likelihood of these deviations.
Below are the links to obtain updates and additional information. They are particularly useful if you happen to be reading this article significantly later than when it was published. I always try to provide readers with the source of the information in my articles. These links may also be useful for those viewing this article on a cell phone or other small screen.
| Days 6 – 10 (shown in Row 1) | Days 8 – 14 (Shown in Row 2) | Weeks 3 and 4 (Shown in Row 3 but updates only on Fridays) |
| https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa. gov/products/predictions/610day/ | https://www.cpc.ncep .noaa.gov/products/predictions/814day/ | https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/WK34/ |
Showing the actual maps. They should now update automatically. The Week 3 – 4 Outlook only updates on Fridays. So below is what I call the Intermediate-term outlook. On Fridays, it extends out 28 Days. That declines day by day so on Thursday it only looks out 22 days until the next day when the Week 3 – 4 Outlook is updated and this extends the outlook by one additional week.
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HAZARDS OUTLOOKS
Click here for the latest complete Day 3 -7 Hazards forecast which updates only on weekdays. Once a week probably Monday or Tuesday I will update the images. I provided the link for readers to get daily updates on weekdays. Use your own judgment to decide if you need to update these images. I update almost all the images Friday Night for the weekend edition of this Weather Report. So normally readers do not need to update these images but if the weather is changing quickly you may want to.
Temperature month to date can be found at https://hprcc.unl.edu/products/maps/acis/MonthTDeptUS.png
Precipitation month to date can be found at https://hprcc.unl.edu/products/maps/acis /MonthPNormUS.png
World Forecast [that website is has been intermittent so be patient]
Below are the Day 1 -3 and 4-6 forecasts for temperature and precipitation. Updates and much additional information can be obtained HERE
World Temperature Anomalies
World Accumulated Precipitation
This information is provided by the University of Maine. They draw upon many different sources. There is a lot of information available at the link provided. I have just provided two useful forecasts. There are probably over a hundred different forecasts available from this source.
Worldwide Tropical Forecast (This is a NOAA Product)
This graphic updates on Tuesdays) If it has not been updated, you can get the update by clicking here Readers will only have to do that if they are reading this article much later than the date of it being published.
Information on Tropical Storms can be found HERE. Western Pacific information can be found HERE. Note that unless there is an out-of-season storm the below images will not update until the National Hurricane Center starts their seasonal update of these maps on June 1. I include them simply because there can be an out-of-season event in which case it should show up in these maps.
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