676  
FXUS01 KWBC 061913  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
212 PM EST THU FEB 06 2025  
 
VALID 00Z FRI FEB 07 2025 - 00Z SUN FEB 09 2025  
 
...ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS  
OF THE WEST AND NORTHERN TIER...  
 
...RECENT RECORD WARMTH TO CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO  
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, SOUTHEAST AND FLORIDA...  
 
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS  
ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF THE U.S. A LEAD WINTER STORM THAT  
PRODUCED A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST  
OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS WILL BE MOVING OFFSHORE OF NEW ENGLAND THIS  
EVENING, WITH DIMINISHING WINTER WEATHER PRECIP. IN THIS STORMS  
WAKE, BLUSTERY COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO  
THE NORTHEAST. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS LIKELY TO BRING LOCALLY HEAVY  
LAKE EFFECT SNOWS DOWNWIND OF LAKE SUPERIOR ACROSS THE UPPER  
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AND OVER NORTHWEST NEW YORK STATE TO THE  
EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO.  
 
AS THE LEAD STORM MOVES OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST THIS EVENING,  
ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE INLAND OFF THE PACIFIC AND INTO NORTHERN  
CALIFORNIA. THIS STORM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION TO  
LARGE SECTIONS OF CALIFORNIA INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, WITH THE  
HEAVIEST TOTALS THROUGH THE SIERRA AND ALONG THE ENTIRE CALIFORNIA  
COAST RANGE. THIS STORM WILL BE THE LAST IN THE RECENT SERIES OF  
STORMS THAT HAVE AFFECTED AREAS OF THE WEST COAST FROM NORTHERN  
CALIFORNIA INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, RESULTING IN MUCH ABOVE  
AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION. AFTER PRECIPITATION ENDS EARLY  
FRIDAY ACROSS CALIFORNIA, DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT  
WEEK.  
 
AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO END ACROSS CALIFORNIA FRIDAY, IT WILL  
PICK UP IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES, SPREADING INTO  
THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS FRIDAY EVENING, TOWARD THE UPPER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY FRIDAY NIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY AND ACROSS THE  
GREAT LAKES DURING SATURDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO  
PRODUCE IMPACTFUL HEAVY SNOWS ACROSS THESE AREAS WITH  
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6-12 INCHES+ ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND  
4-6"+ EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI.  
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS EASTWARD SATURDAY NIGHT INTO  
SUNDAY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND, WITH WIDESPREAD HEAVY  
SNOWS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS.  
 
WHILE ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER DOMINATES MUCH OF THE NORTHERN TIER OF  
THE NATION, SPRING AND SUMMER LIKE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO BRING  
MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, LOWER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, TENNESSEE VALLEY, SOUTHEAST AND FLORIDA.  
NUMEROUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FEW  
DAYS ACROSS THESE REGIONS, WITH POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RECORD  
HIGHS FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND ACROSS  
THESE AREAS. MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, SOUTHEAST AND FLORIDA WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE  
70S AND 80S OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WITH A FEW RECORDS ABOVE 90  
DEGREES POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL TO SOUTH TEXAS.  
 
ORAVEC  
 
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