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FXUS01 KWBC 080800
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM EST SAT FEB 08 2025
VALID 12Z SAT FEB 08 2025 - 12Z MON FEB 10 2025
...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
AND HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST...
...RAIN/FREEZING RAIN FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC
WITH UP TO 0.25 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS...
...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND
NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION...
A STRONG STORM OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD TO OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC/NORTHEAST COAST BY LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE A SWATH OF 4-8 INCHES OF
SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF MINNESOTA AND THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE IN AFFECTED AREAS.
MOREOVER, HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY. AT TIMES, SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL
PRODUCE AS MUCH AS 6-12 INCHES OF SNOW FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK
THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY DUE TO
LOW VISIBILITY, SNOW-COVERED ROADS, AND SLIPPERY ROADS.
FURTHERMORE, A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
RESULT IN LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE
NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC, WITH SIGNIFICANT ICING POSSIBLE IN THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS UP TO 0.25 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. POWER
OUTAGES AND MINOR TREE DAMAGE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE ICE IS THE
HEAVIEST. ELSEWHERE, MINOR FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS
WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. BE SURE TO CHECK CONDITIONS BEFORE
VENTURING OUT AND DRIVE SLOWLY.
IN ADDITION, RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI/OHIO VALLEYS INTO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
AND MID-ATLANTIC THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. FROM SATURDAY EVENING
INTO LATE SUNDAY MORNING, RAIN WILL CONTINUE FROM PARTS OF THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI/TENNESSEE VALLEYS AND SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC. ON
SUNDAY EVENING, RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF THE
SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC.
MEANWHILE, 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. THE SNOW WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES BY SUNDAY EVENING.
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