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FXUS01 KWBC 220731
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
230 AM EST THU FEB 22 2024
VALID 12Z THU FEB 22 2024 - 12Z SAT FEB 24 2024
...PLEASANTLY MILD ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE GULF COAST TO THE OHIO
VALLEY ON THURSDAY...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY AND THE MID-SOUTH DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE GREATEST RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THIS
EVENT ARE EXPECTED ROUGHLY FROM NORTHERN KENTUCKY TO WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE AND ATMOSPHERIC
FORCING WILL BE THE GREATEST. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED COVERAGE IS
EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AND INTO THE
MID-ATLANTIC REGION, AND POSSIBLY SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION ACROSS
INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST U.S. AND SNOW FOR NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND GOING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. IMPROVING WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY BY LATE FRIDAY FOR MOST OF THE EAST COAST AS
THE COLD FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE.
IT WILL FEEL MORE LIKE MARCH AND EARLY APRIL ACROSS MUCH OF THE
NATION TO CLOSE OUT THE WEEK, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PLAINS AND
MIDWEST WHERE HIGHS COULD EASILY BE 10-20 DEGREES ABOVE LATE
FEBRUARY AVERAGES. WIDESPREAD 60S AND 70S WILL BE COMMON FROM
TEXAS TO THE DEEP SOUTH BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND 50 DEGREE
HIGHS COULD REACH AS FAR NORTH AS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN ON THURSDAY. A RETURN TO REALITY ARRIVES IN TIME FOR
THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT FROM CENTRAL CANADA BRINGS MORE
JANUARY-LIKE READINGS FOR THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF THE NATION,
WHILE THE GREAT PLAINS CONTINUE TO REMAIN MILD.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL U.S., A MAINLY DRY WEATHER
PATTERN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY WITH PERHAPS A FEW SNOW
SHOWERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROCKIES, AND
RAIN SHOWERS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN OREGON AND WASHINGTON ON
THURSDAY. THERE MAY ALSO BE A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WITH THE
COLD FRONT CROSSING THE OHIO VALLEY REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ON SATURDAY, BUT NOTHING MAJOR EXPECTED.
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST BY THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS OWING TO
INCREASED WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY IN THE VICINITY OF A COLD FRONT
PASSING THOUGH THE REGION.
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