224  
FXUS01 KWBC 070756  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
256 AM EST FRI FEB 07 2025  
 
VALID 12Z FRI FEB 07 2025 - 12Z SUN FEB 09 2025  
 
...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN  
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION AND THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...  
 
...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FROM THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS TO THE  
LOWER GREAT LAKES AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE  
NORTHEAST...  
 
...RAIN/FREEZING RAIN FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC ON  
SATURDAY...  
 
A STRONG STORM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST/NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN  
REGION WILL MOVE ROUGHLY EASTWARD TO OFF THE  
MID-ATLANTIC/NORTHEAST COAST BY SUNDAY. ON FRIDAY, THE SYSTEM WILL  
PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN  
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION/NORTHERN ROCKIES. IN ADDITION, LIGHT RAIN AND  
HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF CALIFORNIA  
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MODERATE TO HEAVY  
SNOW WILL EXPAND OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ONTO THE NORTHERN  
PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY FRIDAY EVENING.  
 
ON SATURDAY, THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL EXPAND OUT OF THE  
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE LOWER  
GREAT LAKES BY SATURDAY EVENING. OVERNIGHT SATURDAY, MODERATE TO  
HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST INTO SUNDAY.  
 
MEANWHILE, ON FRIDAY, ALONG THE EASTERN HALF OF THE ASSOCIATED  
BOUNDARY, LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE/SOUTHERN OHIO  
VALLEY AND EASTWARD INTO PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC. EARLY ON  
SATURDAY MORNING, ALONG THE RAIN/SNOW LINE, LIGHT RAIN/FREEZING  
RAIN AREAS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.  
ALSO, RAIN WILL EXTEND FROM PARTS OF THE OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEY ON  
SATURDAY INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC. MOREOVER, LIGHT RAIN/FREEZING RAIN  
WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND THE  
MID-ATLANTIC. UP TO 0.10 INCHES OF RAIN/FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP  
OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC.  
 
FURTHERMORE, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC  
NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY, PRODUCING COASTAL RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION  
SNOW. THE SNOW WILL EXPAND INLAND TO THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN  
REGION OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. MOREOVER, A WAVE OF LOW  
PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL CREATE LIGHT SNOW  
OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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