Weather Forecast: Today, Tomorrow, Five Days, 10 Days U.S. and World December 23, 2022

Updated at 8:55 pm Friday December 23.  The weekend version of this article will be published later.

Here is what we are paying attention to the next 48 hours from Friday 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
244 PM EST Fri Dec 23 2022

Valid 00Z Sat Dec 24 2022 - 00Z Mon Dec 26 2022

...Blizzard and Arctic Blast to impact from the Midwest to the Northeast...

...Lake-effect snow downwind from Great Lakes with the highest snowfall
totals downwind from Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Superior...

...Rain/freezing rain to impact the Pacific Northwest and the Northern
High Plain...

...Temperatures will be 25 to 35 degrees below average from east of the
Rockies to the Appalachians...

Weather Forecast: Tonight, Tomorrow, Five Days, 10 Days U.S. and World December 21, 2022

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...

Weather Forecast: Today, Tomorrow, Five Days, 10 Days U.S. and World December 19, 2022

Updated at 3:06 p.m. EST Wednesday December 21, 2022

Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
300 PM EST Wed Dec 21 2022

Valid 00Z Thu Dec 22 2022 - 00Z Sat Dec 24 2022

...Powerful winter storm to produce a multitude of weather hazards across
the central and eastern United States through the end of the week...

...Bitter cold and life-threatening wind chills over the northern Plains
to surge southward this evening and swing towards the East Coast on
Friday...

...Significant freezing rain possible across parts of western Oregon and
Washington beginning Thursday night...