Weather Forecast: Tonight, Tomorrow, Next Day, Five Days, 10 Days for the U.S. with some maps for the World posted late January 4, 2023

Updated at 7:07 p.m. Thursday January 5, 2023

Here is what we are paying attention to in the next 48 to 72 hours from Thursday Afternoon’s NWS Forecast. This article also includes World weather forecasts.

We start with the U.S. Information.

Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
243 PM EST Thu Jan 05 2023

Valid 00Z Fri Jan 06 2023 - 00Z Sun Jan 08 2023

...Next round of excessive rainfall to enter northern California late
Friday before gradually expanding southward this weekend...

...Heavy snow possible across parts of the Intermountain West and central
Rockies through the end of the week...

...Light snow continues throughout parts of the Great Lakes and New
England...