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FXUS01 KWBC 282001
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM EST FRI FEB 28 2025
VALID 00Z SAT MAR 01 2025 - 00Z MON MAR 03 2025
...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE NEAR THE U.S. CANADIAN BORDER FROM THE
GREAT LAKES TO MAINE...
...TEMPERATURES DROP WELL BELOW AVERAGE FROM OHIO VALLEY TO EAST
COAST THIS WEEKEND...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER RISK FROM PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST TO
SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS WEEKEND...
A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ALONG THE U.S. CANADA
BORDER THROUGH SATURDAY. THE ATTENDANT COLD FRONTS WILL PROPAGATE
THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND EAST COAST, WHERE A COOL CONTINENTAL
AIRMASS WILL FLOW INTO. TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO FALL WELL BELOW
AVERAGE AS A RESULT. HIGHS MAY DROP BETWEEN 15-30 DEGREES BELOW
AVERAGE IN SOME PARTS OF THE EAST THIS WEEKEND. SNOW SHOWERS WILL
DEVELOP DOWNWIND OF THE GREAT LAKES DUE TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ON
THE BACKSIDE OF THE COLD FRONT. HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS MORE LIKELY
OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS WHERE UPSLOPE
ENHANCEMENT COULD OCCUR. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER PARTS
OF THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST.
MEANWHILE, TROUGHING IN THE WEST WILL PROMOTE UNSETTLED WEATHER
ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. A MID-LEVEL LOW WILL WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG THE
BASE OF THE TROUGH WILL SUPPORT A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER RISK FROM
SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA INTO FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO ON SATURDAY
FOLLOWED BY SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WESTERN TEXAS ON MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. SOME RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE FOUR
CORNERS ON SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY POTENTIAL SCATTERED SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON MONDAY. AN
AMPLIFYING UPPER TROUGH IN THE EAST PACIFIC WILL BRING MORE RAIN
SHOWERS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE WEST COAST BEGINNING SATURDAY
NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM MAY GENERATE SEVERE STORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE
LOWER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC COAST
NEXT TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY RESPECTIVELY.
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