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FXUS01 KWBC 031944
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
243 PM EST TUE FEB 03 2026
VALID 00Z WED FEB 04 2026 - 00Z FRI FEB 06 2026
...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE SOUTHEAST, AND LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE
MID-ATLANTIC...
...A FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING LIGHT SNOW AND WINTRY
PRECIPITATION TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS MID-WEEK, WHILE THE GREAT
LAKES EXPERIENCE HEAVIER SNOW ON THURSDAY...
...WARMER-THAN-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE SET TO CONTINUE FOR THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES, PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN
PLAINS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ITS EASTWARD PROGRESSION, MOVING INTO THE
SOUTHEAST BY THIS EVENING. LOW-LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL AID
IN THE MOVEMENT OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF INTO THE SOUTHEAST,
SUPPORTING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT, BEFORE ENTERING THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST EARLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE, THE
ARRIVAL OF AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL DRIVE COLDER AIR INTO THE
MID-ATLANTIC, AND SNOW AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WITH LITTLE MOISTURE AVAILABILITY EXPECTED
IN THE MID-ATLANTIC, ALONG WITH A RELATIVELY QUICK PROGRESSION OF
THE SYSTEM THROUGH THE REGION, LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION OF SNOW
IS EXPECTED.
IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS, A DISSIPATING SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE DAKOTAS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF
WEDNESDAY, BRINGING LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING. FURTHER EAST, LOCALIZED LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS ANTICIPATED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST,
ESPECIALLY UPSTATE NEW YORK, AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD. AFTER
A BRIEF REPRIEVE IN THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY, WIDESPREAD SNOW
WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY, PARTICULARLY THROUGHOUT PARTS OF
WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN, AS ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.
TO END THE WEEK, THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD,
BRINGING ANOTHER PERIOD OF COLDER-THAN-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TO THE
EASTERN UNITED STATES.
FURTHER WEST, CALM CONDITIONS AND ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL
MOVE THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY, PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS, AS
DOWNSLOPING WINDS MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES FOLLOWING THE
DEPARTURE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL SYSTEM. THESE UNSEASONABLY
WARM CONDITIONS WILL THEN PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK
AND INTO THE WEEKEND. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND CALM
CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE WESTERN
HALF OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.
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