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FXUS01 KWBC 081928
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
227 PM EST SAT FEB 08 2025
VALID 00Z SUN FEB 09 2025 - 00Z TUE FEB 11 2025
...QUICK MOVING WINTER STORM TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO
THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT ALONG WITH FREEZING RAIN TO PARTS OF THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...
...COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR THE SOUTH AFTER RECENT RECORD WARMTH
AND COLDER TRENDING TEMPERATURES FOR THE NORTH-CENTRAL U.S...
AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS EASTWARD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY
LATE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING, WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL
SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY, NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC
AND NORTHEAST. SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ADVANCE INTO
NORTHERN OHIO, PORTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN
TONIGHT FOR COASTAL REGIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC. HOWEVER, MANY
AREAS WILL REMAIN AS FROZEN PRECIPITATION, INCLUDING PORTIONS OF
THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS OF WESTERN MARYLAND
INTO SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE A QUARTER INCH OF ICE (LOCALLY
HIGHER POSSIBLE) CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. ACROSS CENTRAL
NEW YORK INTO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND, PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL
SNOW AND BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY TO IMPACT THESE REGIONS
WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE TO THE
BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREA. WHILE THIS WINTER STORM WILL QUICKLY
EXIT INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN EARLY ON SUNDAY, TRAVEL IS EXPECTED
TO BE DANGEROUS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND POWER OUTAGES AND
DAMAGE TO TREES FROM THE ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE.
AFTER THE STORM DEPARTS THE EAST COAST, THE LOWER 48 SHOULD SEE A
DAY OF FAIRLY QUIET WEATHER FOR SUNDAY. AFTER ANOTHER DAY OF
RECORD BREAKING WARMTH ACROSS TEXAS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY ON SATURDAY, A COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE SOUTHWARD TOWARDS
THE GULF COAST ON SUNDAY, DROPPING TEMPERATURES DRAMATICALLY IN
ITS WAKE ACROSS THE SOUTH WITH FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES 20 TO 30
DEGREES COLDER FROM CENTRAL TEXAS INTO PORTIONS OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SUNDAY COMPARED TO SATURDAY. A FEW RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY FROM THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST
BUT COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY.
ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL U.S., THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL FAVOR
REINFORCING SHOTS OF COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A COOLING TREND FROM MONTANA
INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WHERE HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
ONLY RANGE FROM BELOW ZERO INTO THE LOWER TEENS ON MONDAY, OR
ABOUT 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. BY LATE MONDAY, WIND CHILL
VALUES OF 40 TO 50 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
NORTHERN MONTANA INTO NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA, RESULTING IN RAPID
FROSTBITE POTENTIAL ON EXPOSED SKIN.
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