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FXUS01 KWBC 061821
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
121 PM EST FRI FEB 06 2026
VALID 00Z SAT FEB 07 2026 - 00Z MON FEB 09 2026
...CLIPPER SYSTEM TO BRING SNOW, HIGH WINDS, AND DANGEROUSLY COLD
TEMPERATURES TO THE GREAT LAKES, NORTHEAST, AND APPALACHIANS INTO
THE WEEKEND...
...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FOR THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST SATURDAY...
..WARMER-THAN-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE WEST
A QUICK MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL DRIVE A STRONG COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST, CENTRAL APPALACHIANS, AND MID-ATLANTIC
THROUGH TONIGHT, BRINGING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE
1-3 INCH RANGE, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN FAVORABLE
LOCATIONS DOWNWIND OF THE GREAT LAKES, IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE APPALACHIANS, AND ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST.
VERY STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC. THOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE LIGHT, GUSTY WINDS MAY LEAD TO SNOW SQUALLS WITH QUICK
BURSTS OF INTENSE, BLOWING SNOW AND SUDDENLY DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE COLD FRONT,
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS,
TEENS, AND 20S ON SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF FRIGID TEMPERATURES
AND STRONG WINDS WILL BRING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS
-30 TO PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST/NEW ENGLAND AND AS LOW
AS THE NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS CLOSER TO THE COAST
SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THESE WIND CHILLS WILL
POSE A LIFE-THREATENING RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE TO
EXPOSED SKIN.
MEANWHILE, A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL DIRECT A WEAK ATMOSPHERIC
RIVER INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND. MODERATE TO LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS FORECAST ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON ON SATURDAY,
WHICH MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED FLOODING, AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE CASCADES WILL LIKELY SEE SOME SNOWFALL. MOISTURE WILL SPREAD
FURTHER INLAND ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN AND INTO THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES LATE SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY, WITH SCATTERED
RAIN SHOWERS FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS AND SNOW INTO THE MOUNTAINS.
ELSEWHERE, SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHWEST/WEST TEXAS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LOW.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. THROUGH THE
WEEKEND FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS. FORECAST
HIGHS GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE 20S AND 30S FOR THE OHIO VALLEY TO
THE 40S AND 50S IN THE SOUTHEAST AND 60S IN FLORIDA. ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE NATION, AN AMPLIFIED UPPER RIDGE WILL ALLOW WELL ABOVE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND
WESTERN U.S.. THE GREATEST ANOMALIES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS WHERE HIGHS WILL RISE INTO THE 50S,
60S, AND EVEN LOW 70S, UPWARDS OF 30-40 DEGREES ABOVE EARLY
FEBRUARY AVERAGES. FORECAST HIGHS FOR THE INTERIOR WEST WILL RANGE
FROM THE 40S TO LOW 60S, WITH 60S, 70S, AND EVEN SOME 80S POSSIBLE
FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST AND INTO
CALIFORNIA. TEMPERATURES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BE CLOSER
TO AVERAGE AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES IN, WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN
THE 50S.
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