Short Term and Intermediate-Term Weather Outlooks for the U.S. and a Six-Day Forecast for the World: posted January 23, 2024
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 and a six-day World weather outlook which can be very useful for travelers.
First the highlights from the NWS.
Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
Tue Jan 23 2024
Valid 12Z Tue Jan 23 2024 – 12Z Thu Jan 25 2024…Heavy rainfall and concerns for flash flooding will exist through
Thursday morning across the Lower Mississippi Valley……A swath of freezing rain and some accumulating snowfall will impact
portions of the Midwest, Lower Great Lakes, and the Northeast……Much milder air with temperatures surging well above normal can be
expected by the middle of the week for much of the eastern half of the
country…