309  
FXUS01 KWBC 090749  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
248 AM EST SUN FEB 09 2025  
 
VALID 12Z SUN FEB 09 2025 - 12Z TUE FEB 11 2025  
   
..SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST  
 
   
..LAKE-EFFECT SNOW DOWNWIND FROM THE GREAT LAKES  
 
...TEMPERATURES WILL BE 10 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS THE  
NORTHERN ROCKIES/NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS...  
 
AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST, THE ASSOCIATED SNOW  
WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF ON SUNDAY. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP  
OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES FROM SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY. IN  
ADDITION, LAKE-EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP DOWNWIND FROM LAKE  
ONTARIO, STARTING LATER ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. RAIN  
WILL CONTINUE FROM PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC/CENTRAL  
APPALACHIANS TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, SLOWLY TAPERING OFF  
TO OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY BY SUNDAY EVENING.  
 
MEANWHILE, ON SUNDAY, AN ARCTIC FRONT OVER WESTERN CANADA WILL  
MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY AND WESTWARD TO  
THE GREAT BASIN BY TUESDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT, AN ARCTIC  
HIGH WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY TUESDAY. COLD AIR  
ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH WILL BRING TEMPERATURES 10 TO 25 DEGREES  
BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES/NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS.  
 
UPSLOPE SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON  
SUNDAY, AS WEAK ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE COASTAL RAIN AND SNOW  
OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. ON MONDAY, THE SNOW WILL  
EXPAND INTO PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS, CONTINUING TO EXPAND  
INTO THE CENTRAL/PLAINS/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY MONDAY  
EVENING.  
 
IN THE MEANTIME, A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC  
SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL AID IN PRODUCING  
SCATTERED RAIN ALONG THE BOUNDARY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ALSO ON  
MONDAY, MOISTURE FROM THE GULF WILL STREAM MOISTURE NORTHWARD OVER  
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, INTERSECTING THE  
COLD AIR MOVING SOUTH OVER THE PLAINS, PRODUCING A BROAD AREA OF  
LIGHT SNOW OVER NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDDLE  
MISSISSIPPI/OHIO VALLEYS AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. STEADIER  
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND TENNESSEE VALLEY ON MONDAY  
INTO TUESDAY.  
 
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
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