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FXUS01 KWBC 271950
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
249 PM EST THU FEB 27 2025
VALID 00Z FRI FEB 28 2025 - 00Z SUN MAR 02 2025
...THERE IS HEAVY SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY...
...TEMPERATURES WILL BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL PLAINS...
...AN ELEVATED RISK OF FIRE WEATHER OVER PARTS OF THE
NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY...
A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD TO
THE SOUTHEAST AND THEN OVER THE GULF COAST WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST
COAST OVERNIGHT THURSDAY. ALSO OVERNIGHT, ON THURSDAY, A NEW FRONT
WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND WILL MOVE SOUTH AND
EASTWARD OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC
INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY SATURDAY EVENING.
UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE EASTERN SEABOARD FRONT WILL
AID IN PRODUCING LIGHT SNOW OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND PARTS OF
THE NORTHEAST AND LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY,
MID-ATLANTIC, AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EARLY ON THURSDAY EVENING,
TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST BY
FRIDAY MORNING.
FURTHERMORE, OVERNIGHT THURSDAY, THE DEVELOPING STORM OVER THE
UPPER MIDWEST WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
MICHIGAN AND INTO FRIDAY. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD ON FRIDAY,
LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND
LOWER GREAT LAKES. MOREOVER, MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP
OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST, WITH LIGHT SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY. IN THE WAKE OF
THE STORM, LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP DOWNWIND FROM THE GREAT
LAKES ON SATURDAY.
WEAK UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE MIDWEST WILL AID IN PRODUCING
TEMPERATURES 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON FRIDAY. IN ADDITION,
THE SPC HAS ISSUED AN ELEVATED RISK OF FIRE WEATHER OVER PARTS OF
THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY.
MEANWHILE, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY MOVING ONSHORE OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY WILL AID IN PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE STATE. FURTHER, BY FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY, AN APPROACHING FRONT OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC
WILL AID IN PRODUCING LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY SATURDAY EVENING.
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