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SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
251 PM EST FRI FEB 23 2024
VALID 00Z SAT FEB 24 2024 - 00Z MON FEB 26 2024
...PRECIPITATION CHANCES PICK UP FOR THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST/NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
...CHILLY SATURDAY FROM THE OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS TO THE
NORTHEAST; LIGHT PRECIPITATION CHANCES FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE
CAROLINAS...
...A MILD, EARLY SPRING-LIKE WEEKEND FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND
WESTERN U.S. AS TEMPERATURES SOAR AS MUCH AS 15-25 DEGREES ABOVE
AVERAGE...
AFTER A DRY FRIDAY, INCREASING MOISTURE AND NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST/NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL BRING INCREASING
PRECIPIATION CHANCES SATURDAY. SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE HIGHER
ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS ARE FORECAST FOR THE OLYMPICS, NORTHERN
CASCADES, AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. MORE WIDESPREAD,
HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP BY LATE IN THE DAY
SUNDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STRONGER UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH. HEAVY
SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEYOND THE CURRENT
FORECAST PERIOD FOR THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN ROCKIES, WITH WINTER
STORM WATCHES NOW IN EFFECT. ADDITIONALLY, FAST MOVING FLOW ALOFT
AS WELL AS TROUGHING ALONG THE HIGH PLAINS WILL BRING SOME GUSTY
WINDS, PARTICULARLY ON SUNDAY. HIGH WIND-RELATED WATCHES AND
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES/ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS AND SOUTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS FOR GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65-70 MPH.
A PAIR OF COLD FRONTS PUSHING THROUGH THE EASTERN U.S. TODAY AND
OVERNIGHT WILL BRING SOME CHILLIER TEMPERATURES FROM THE
OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS TO THE NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY. HIGHS WILL BE
IN THE TEENS AND 20S FOR THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST/NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND AND THE 30S AND 40S FROM THE OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS EAST
THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. WHILE NOT QUITE
AS COLD, TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE
SOUTHEAST, WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE 50S IN THE CAROLINAS TO THE
60S NEAR THE GULF COAST AND LOW 70S INTO FLORIDA. TEMPERATURES
WILL REBOUND SUNDAY, PARTICULARLY FOR THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE
VALLEYS AS HIGHS REACH INTO THE 50S AND 60S. A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN
AND SNOW SHOWER WILL PASS FROM THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE OHIO
VALLEY OVERNIGHT FRIDAY AND INTO THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
AND CAROLINAS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.
ELSEWHERE, MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN U.S. WILL BE DRY WITH
MILD, ABOVE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES. THE GREATEST ANOMALIES WILL
BE OVER THE PLAINS SATURDAY, SPREADING INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY SUNDAY, WHERE HIGHS 15-25 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE WILL FEEL
MORE LIKE EARLY SPRING THAN WINTER. FORECAST HIGHS SATURDAY-SUNDAY
WILL RANGE FROM THE 40S AND 50S FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS, 60S AND
70S FOR THE CENTRAL PLAINS, AND 70S AND 80S FOR THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S WILL COME TO THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY. PARTS OF WESTERN TEXAS MAY SEE HIGHS
INTO THE MID- TO UPPER 80S SUNDAY. WHILE NOT QUITE AS ANOMALOUS,
THE UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES WILL ALSO SEE HIGHS ABOVE AVERAGE,
WITH 30S AND 40S EXPECTED. THE WARMER WEATHER THIS WEEKEND WILL
ONLY BE A PREVIEW OF EVEN MORE ANOMALOUS TEMPERATURES HEADING INTO
NEXT WEEK. IN THE WEST, HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE 40S AND 50S FOR
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST/NORTHERN GREAT BASIN, 50S AND 60S FOR
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN, 60S AND 70S FOR
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND 70S AND 80S FOR THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST.
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