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FXUS01 KWBC 260739
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
239 AM EST WED FEB 26 2025
VALID 12Z WED FEB 26 2025 - 12Z FRI FEB 28 2025
...CLIPPER SYSTEM TO BRING SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS FROM
THE MIDWEST TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...
...ANOTHER CLIPPER SYSTEM TO REACH THE UPPER GREAT LAKES LATE
THURSDAY BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL...
...ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO PERSIST
FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY...
A CLIPPER SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE
EASTWARD THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND PASS THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BY
THURSDAY. SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS WITH SOME MODERATE
RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY,
THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND AND THE MID-ATLANTIC BY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS
ARE ANTICIPATED FOR AREAS FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES, INTERIOR NORTHEAST, AND INTO MAINE, ESPECIALLY FOR
FAVORABLE LAKE-EFFECT LOCATIONS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SOME SNOW SHOWERS WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
OVERNIGHT THURSDAY FOLLOWING A COLD FRONT PASSAGE. TO THE
NORTHWEST, LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES BEFORE ANOTHER CLIPPER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTHWARD
FROM CANADA INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BY LATE THURSDAY AND INTO
EARLY FRIDAY, BRINGING ADDITIONAL, MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS.
SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WILL REMAIN MOSTLY DRY THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.
ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BY 10 TO 20 DEGREES AND
MILD CONDITIONS FOR LATE FEBRUARY WILL PERSIST FOR MOST OF THE
COUNTRY THIS WEEK. FOR THE EAST, FORECAST HIGHS WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY GENERALLY RANGE IN THE 30S AND 40S FOR NEW ENGLAND, THE
50S AND 60S FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC, AND THE 70S IN THE SOUTHEAST. IN
THE CENTRAL U.S., HIGHS ARE IN THE 40S AND 50S FOR THE NORTHERN
PLAINS AND MIDWEST, THE 50S AND 60S FOR THE CENTRAL PLAINS, AND
THE 60S AND 70S IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. FINALLY, IN THE WEST,
HIGHS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED IN THE 40S AND 50S IN THE GREAT
BASIN/INTERIOR WEST, THE 60S FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, THE 60S
AND 70S FOR CALIFORNIA, AND THE 80S TO LOW 90S FOR THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST. PERIODIC COLD FRONT PASSAGES WILL BRING SOME DAY-TO-DAY
VARIATIONS IN TEMPERATURES, THOUGH HIGHS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AT
LEAST AT AVERAGE LEVELS.
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