Updated at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, December 22, 2022
Here is what we are paying attention to the next 48 hours from Thursday Afternoon’s NWS Forecast. This is a combination of a U.S. plus World Weather Article. We start with the U.S. Information.
Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
303 PM EST Thu Dec 22 2022
Valid 00Z Fri Dec 23 2022 - 00Z Sun Dec 25 2022
...Historic winter storm to produce widespread disruptions to large
portions of the nation heading into the holiday weekend...
...Nearly 280 million people under some form of winter weather warnings or
advisories across the U.S....
...Powerful Arctic front to sweep into the eastern third of the nation
Thursday night into Friday, while temperatures will begin to rebound
across the Northern Rockies and High Plains this weekend...
...Heavy Snows to blanket the Great Lakes region into northern NY State
and northern New England...
...Significant freezing rain possible across the Pacific Northwest...