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FOUS11 KWBC 171928  
QPFHSD  
 
PROBABILISTIC HEAVY SNOW AND ICING DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
328 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
VALID 00Z SAT APR 18 2026 - 00Z TUE APR 21 2026  
 
   
..COLORADO INTO NEBRASKA AND KANSAS
 
 
DAY 1...  
 
BASE OF TROUGH AXIS CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN CO ROCKIES WILL  
SHIFT TO THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. HEIGHT  
FALLS ABOVE THE POST-FRONTAL COLD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO  
PROMOTE BANDED SNOW IN THE LEE OF THE FRONT RANGE UP INTO WESTERN  
NEB AND INTO WESTERN KS BY THIS EVENING. DOWNSLOPING FROM THE HIGH  
PLAINS EAST SHOULD CAUSE SNOW TO FALL APART THIS EVENING.  
 
   
..UPSTATE NEW YORK/NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
 
 
DAYS 2/3...  
 
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST SUNDAY WITH AN  
UPPER TROUGH LINGERING OVER THE NORTHEAST THROUGH MONDAY.  
NORTHEASTERN SEABOARD SFC LOW DEVELOPMENT ON SUNDAY WILL PROMOTE  
SOME LIFT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WHICH ALONG WITH TOPOGRAPHIC LIFT  
WILL BRING SOME HIGHER TERRAIN SNOW ACCUM IN THE NORTHEAST  
SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. DAY 2.5 SNOW PROBS FOR >4" ARE LIMITED TO THE  
HIGHEST ADIRONDACKS, GREENS, AND WHITES.  
 
 
JACKSON  
 

 
 
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