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FXUS01 KWBC 221933
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
230 PM EST THU FEB 22 2024
VALID 00Z FRI FEB 23 2024 - 00Z SUN FEB 25 2024
...PLEASANTLY MILD ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTRY BEFORE A SURGE OF
COLD AIR REACHES THE GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY AND DOWN THE EAST COAST
ON SATURDAY...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL REACH THE
APPALACHIANS AND THE MID-SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE MOVING
THROUGH THE EAST COAST ON FRIDAY...
...A QUICK ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
MIDWEST, OHIO VALLEY, AND THEN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON
SATURDAY...
A RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER PATTERN IS IN STORE ACROSS THE U.S.
THE EASTERN U.S. WILL BE THE MAIN AREA WHERE PRECIPITATION WILL BE
FOUND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS A PAIR OF LOW PRESSURE WAVES
FORMING ALONG A FRONT ARE FORECAST TO MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE EAST COAST. LOCATIONS FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO THE
MID-SOUTH, ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND INTO NORTHERN FLORIDA WILL SEE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PASSING THROUGH FROM TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT MIXED RAIN
AND SNOW ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND
INTO FRIDAY WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.
THE RAIN AND SNOW ARE FORECAST TO TAPER OFF ALONG THE EAST COAST
FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE MAIN FRONT TOGTHER WITH THE LOW PRESSURE
WAVES STEADILY MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC.
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 INTO FRIDAY. A RETURN TO REALITY ARRIVES
IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT FROM CENTRAL CANADA BRINGS
MORE JANUARY-LIKE READINGS INTO THE GREAT PLAINS ON FRIDAY BEFORE
SURGING INTO THE EAST COAST ON SATURDAY. A CLIPPER SYSTEM FORMING
ALONG THE COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO DELIVER A QUICK
ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE OHIO VALLEY, AND THEN
INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL U.S., A DRY WEATHER PATTERN IS
EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY APART FROM A FEW SNOW SHOWERS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROCKIES. FARTHER
SOUTH, ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST BY THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS THROUGH
TONIGHT OWING TO DRY DOWNSLOPE WINDS FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES.
ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, MOISTURE WELL AHEAD OF A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA IS FORECAST TO
BEGIN BRINGING SNOW INTO THE NORTHERN CASCADES AND SOME LIGHT RAIN
NEAR THE COAST ON SATURDAY.
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